Stock Market Bulls in India Have Quickly Gone Missing

  • India loses Asia’s best stock-market crown to New Zealand
  • S&P BSE Sensex heads for worst month since February 2016
A man walks past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) logo in Mumbai, India.Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg
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For India equity bulls, a good year for the nation’s stocks has quickly soured.

Blame it on the concerns about a troubled lender that led to a sudden cratering in non-banking finance companies -- a favorite among money managers until recently -- and stripped the nation of its tag as Asia’s best stock market this year.