Nifty Smallcap 250 index tests 50-DMA. Is there more room for downside?

The index had slipped below the 50-DMA back in November 2023, too, but recovered.

It has mostly been a one-way street for smallcap stocks that have taken it on their chin thus far in February. The Nifty Smallcap 250 index has shed 3.2 per cent in the current month as compared to the 1.8 per cent decline in the Nifty Midcap 100 and the 0.5 per cent drop in the Nifty 50 index, data showed.

Technically, the index has slipped below its 20-day moving average (DMA) placed at 14,800 levels on Monday, and is currently testing the 50-DMA, and is placed at 14,278 levels. It slipped below the 50-DMA in November 2023, too, before posting