New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- The domestic market has been in a strong bear grip for over two years now, with stocks in the Nifty 500 index falling up to about 70% from their 52-week highs. Equity benchmark Nifty is down 18% from its 52-week high of 26,373.20, while the Nifty 500 index is down 9.5% from its 52-week high of 24,144.20.

Capitalmarket data show that stocks such as Vedanta, HEG Advanced Materials, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Reliance Power, and KPIT Technologies are down between 62-68% from their 52-week highs.

KEC International, Inox Wind, Kaynes Technology India, and Avanti Feeds, Brainbees Solutions, RVNL, and PB Fintech are among the 16 stocks in the Nifty 500 index are down more than 50% from their one-year highs

As many as...