Friday, December 12, 2025 | 09:32 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

In a first, India's share of world market capitalisation tops 4%

The US is still the biggest contributor to global m-cap at 44 per cent, followed by China at 10.2 per cent

global, economy, market, stocks, investments, investors, m-cap, growth, gdp
premium

Japan and Hong Kong —where many companies based in mainland China are listed —have a share of 5.4 per cent and 5 per cent, respectively

Samie Modak
The Indian equity market’s contribution to global market capitalisation (m-cap) has for the first time topped 4 per cent. Given the domestic market’s sharp outperformance to global peers over the past year, the share has risen 74 per cent in one year. 

Interestingly, during October 2021, India’s share was just 2.3 per cent, even as the domestic benchmark indices Nifty50 and Sensex logged their lifetime highs. 

Currently, the Nifty is 6.3 per cent below its record high of 18,477 made on October 18. India’s share has increased as global markets have fallen more during this period. 

At $92.8 trillion, the world m-cap is