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Foreign flows accelerate as India gains weight

Analysts say, the bulk of the flows is on account of exchange-traded funds

Foreign flows accelerate as India gains weight
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Pavan Burugula
In the first three months of 2017, the Indian markets have mopped up more foreign flows than other emerging markets (EMs). Domestic stocks, so far this year, have attracted over $6 billion of flows, more than South Korea ($5.5 billion) and Taiwan ($4.7 billion).
 
Analysts say, the bulk of the flows is on account of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and not active investments. They say India’s weight in the EMs and Asia (excluding Japan) indices has gone up in recent months, which is responsible for the increase in pace of flows.
 
On a 12-month basis, however, Korea and Taiwan