Chiranjivi Chakraborty

India has replaced Indonesia as Asia’s least-preferred stock market in a survey of fund managers by Bank of America Corp., signaling growing caution toward a market that’s among the world’s worst performers this year.

India has replaced Indonesia as Asia's least-preferred stock market among fund managers surveyed by Bank of America, with 32% of respondents net underweight on Indian equities. Lack of clear AI exposure, weak growth, high valuations and limited reforms emerged as key concerns, even as improving earnings and renewed foreign inflows provide some support.

India’s securities regulator issued an interim order against a JPMorgan Chase & Co. unit in record time, a move market watchers say could deter attempts to manipulate the country’s new closing stock auction.

India’s popular stock benchmark, the BSE Sensex, briefly plunged about 3% during a 20-minute closing auction Thursday, exacerbating concerns over thin liquidity and manipulation during the window.

Investors worry India’s curbs on derivatives may limit the exchange’s growth.

The RBI has been withdrawing surplus cash from the banking system as inflation pressures mount.

India’s information-technology stocks are poised to beat their global semiconductor rivals by the most in two decades this week, with analysts saying the sector is set to keep outperforming as the artificial-intelligence rally unwinds.

The latest survey of chief information officers globally showed stable growth in 2027. Software stocks are now the cheapest they have been since the pandemic year.

A decade after storming into the Indian telecom market with free calls and cheap data that decimated its rivals, Mukesh Ambani’s digital venture is aiming for a historic milestone this week with India’s largest-ever initial public offering.

As India cracks down on the world’s biggest equity-option frenzy, the country’s retail investors and high-frequency traders are turning to a new arena: commodities