By Ankur Banerjee and Bharath Rajeswaran SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (Reuters) -Indian shares set records, the rupee gained and bonds yields dropped in Monday opening trade as exit polls pointed to a third term
Foreign portfolio investors have offloaded shares worth 170.83 billion rupees ($2.05 billion) in just seven sessions in May, the highest since January.
The NSE Nifty 50 index lost 1.34% to 19,281.75. The S&P BSE Sensex fell 1.26% to 64,571.88, biggest single-day loss since July 1, beginning a truncated week on a lackluster note.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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