India Becomes Asia’s Least-Favored Stock Market: Will Investors Shift to Bitcoin and Gold?

- BofA’s survey puts India at 32% net underweight, the lowest among major Asian markets.
- Nifty is down about 8% in 2026, while July equity fund inflows reached ₹246.97 billion.
- Bitcoin near $64,460 equals roughly ₹61.7 lakh as USD/INR closes at 95.7525.
India’s fall to the bottom of Bank of America’s Asian equity ranking has sharpened attention on where capital could move next. However, available data do not show Indian investors abandoning stocks for Bitcoin, gold, or dollar-linked assets. Instead, the picture is more nuanced, as foreign conviction weakens while domestic flows and currency movements continue to send different signals.
India Becomes Asia’s Least-Favored Market as BofA Sentiment Sinks
Bank of America’s August survey found that 32% of respondents were net underweight Indian equities, compared with 27% for Indonesia. By contrast, Taiwan…
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