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The investment firm’s report doesn’t quite reflect optimism in the Indian markets, and runs contrary to the ground reality.

Brokerage firm CLSA, last week, decided that it is reversing its tactical allocation shift from India to China. The Hong Kong-based investment firm’s latest report makes it seem like a good time to be bullish about Indian capital markets. But the U-turn likely has more to do with factors in China and the US than market fundamentals in India.
Curiously, CLSA’s report comes as the Sensex and Nifty 50 indices fell almost 10% from the record high they reached in late September. Concerns over rising inflation and disappointments over poor quarterly earnings of corporations are affecting market sentiment, resulting in …
Thinly traded listed entities have long served as breeding grounds for stock manipulation, hurting investors. The regulator, the NSE and BSE now want to fix things by focusing on efficient delisting.
A month on, CAS has only amplified volatility, manipulation and confusion rather than containing them.
As India’s largest stock exchange heads to the public markets, it may need to rethink its excessive reliance on transaction revenue.