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What is market breadth?

Market breadth measures how many stocks are actually participating in a move — not just where the headline index closed. If an index rises while only a few names advance, breadth is narrow and the move rests on few shoulders.

How it is measured

One straightforward measure is the share of stocks showing positive momentum over a period. Wide participation and narrow participation can look identical at index level, which is exactly what a breadth reading separates.

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TickerEyes publishes this every week across its whole covered universe — thousands of listings in US, UK, European and Asian markets — split by region and sector, with a machine-readable JSON series:

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How to read it

Breadth is context, not a forecast. A high reading says participation is wide; a low one says a move depends on fewer names. It does not predict direction, and nothing here is investment advice.

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