New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- It appears that control of the Indian stock market has been fully taken over by the bears, as headwinds continue to hit Dalal Street one after another, giving investors much-needed reasons to liquidate stocks at a much faster pace and dragging the headline indices to multi-month lows.

While other key Asian markets are hitting record highs in 2026, domestic equities are struggling to find momentum. Even as mutual funds, largely backed by retail investors, continue to offset the selling pressure from FPIs, the markets have still slipped into bear market territory.

On Thursday, the Nifty 50 slumped 1.64%, marking its biggest one-day decline in 10 weeks. Although it recovered part of its losses in today's trade, it co...