Business | Mumbai mood swings

What Indian business expects from Modi 3.0

After a brief panic, investors and bosses welcome the new government

 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Photograph: AP
|Mumbai

HOW MUCH is one-party rule worth to India Inc? Judging by the market reaction to the results of the general election, the figure is around $400bn. That is the total market value lost by Mumbai-listed stocks on June 4th, when it turned out that rather than securing a big majority, as exit polls had predicted, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Narendra Modi would need coalition partners to govern.

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