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India Election Winners By ETF & Shares (PIN, EPI, IIF, IFN, INP, INFY, IBN, REDF, SAY, SLT, TTM, WIT)

It is rare that you see an election have this large of an impact, but the Indian stock market surged on the new election results.  The Congress Party won a decisive victory in India and this sent Indian stocks up 17% on average.  The move was so large that the Bombay Stock Exchange had to close after already seeing one halt.  This had a huge impact on stocks, which you can see reflected in the share prices in the high pre-market indications of the major ETF’s, closed-end funds, and active ADR’s listed below.

ETF’s and closed end fund gainers representing India are as follows:

PowerShares India (NYSE: PIN) up 15% at $17.00 at 9:07
WisdomTree India Earnings (NYSE: EPI) up 23% at $17.20 at 9:07
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc. (NYSE: IIF) up 17% at $18.85 at 9:07
India Fund, Inc. (NYSE: IFN) up 20% at $25.93 at 9:07
iPath MSCI India Index ETN (NYSE: INP) up 23% at $48.75 at 9:08

The key Indian ADR shares are as follows:

Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) up 13% at $36.35 at 9:09
ICICI Bank (NYSE: IBN) up 31% at $23.39 at 9:09
Rediff.com India Ltd. (NASDAQ: REDF) up 32% at $3.30 at 9:09
Satyam Computer Services (NYSE: SAY) up 13% at $2.05 at 9:09
Sterlite Industries (NYSE: SLT) up 19% at $10.98 at 9:10
Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM) up 13% at $8.59 at 9:10
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT) up 9% at $11.65 at 9:10

This election is expected to allow the government to have a greater degree of flexibility to boost economic reform and growth.  The prior communist parties had not been favorable for issues such as insurance, privatizations, and pensions.

JON C. OGG

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