1 in 3 Nifty500 stocks are down 25% YTD; 15 have halved their 2022 gains

A total of four stocks -- Dhani Services, Brightcom Group, Indiabulls Real Estate and Solara Active Pharma Sciences -- have been butchered more than 60 per cent

The current calendar year of 2022 has turned out to be a challenging year for investors, especially traders, as days of easy money making seem to be over. The benchmark BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 indices have tumbled over 16 per cent each from their all-time highs, and are down 12 per cent year to date. This comes after a 24-per cent rally in the frontline indices in 2021.

In 2021, as many as 90 stocks from the Nifty500 universe doubled investors' wealth, while 30 stocks rallied three times. Altogether, 434 stocks in the Nifty500 index generated significant returns last year,