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UK Overtakes India as the World’s Sixth-Biggest Stock Market

  • Weaker pound boosts exporters, driving FTSE 100 to record
  • Rupee’s retreat, Adani rout spark declines in Indian stocks
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The UK has surpassed India as the world’s sixth-largest equity market for the first time in almost nine months as a weaker pound boosted the appeal of heavyweight exporters trading in London and Adani Group-led jitters weighed on stocks in Mumbai.

The combined market capitalization of primary listings in the UK, excluding ETFs and ADRs, reached about $3.11 trillion on Tuesday, some $5.1 billion higher than their Indian equivalents, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That hasn’t happened since May 29.