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Asia’s Top Stock Market Leads Global Race to 40,000
India’s Sensex index has blown past other major equity benchmarks to close in on the round-number milestone
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Equity bulls in Asia’s best-performing stock market have another key level to watch for this year: 40,000 points. India’s Sensex index has rallied 80-fold in a little more than three decades, blowing past other major equity benchmarks of a similar scale. While Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index were both highly popular Asian gauges to invest in back in the day, those who went long on India have a lot to get excited about as the benchmark keeps climbing ahead of a general election next year.