Oct
23

Indian Stocks Decline to Pare Weekly Advance as Lenders Retreat

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  • Reliance slides as concerns about telecom outweigh 2Q profit
  • Bank index caps best week since July after Essar’s $13b deal

Indian stocks dropped, with the benchmark gauge paring a weekly gain, as some investors sold lenders and energy companies after recent advances.

Reliance Industries Ltd., which has a 7 percent weighting on the S&P BSE Sensex, was the biggest drag on the gauge. The stock dropped 2.2 percent, the most in a week. Axis Bank Ltd. was the top loser on the Sensex, while a gauge of lenders capped its best week since July after Essar Group’s $13 billion deal with a group involving Russia’s Rosneft PJSC improved prospects for loan recoveries at local banks…

Indian Stocks Decline to Pare Weekly Advance as Lenders Retreat

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