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Nifty, Sensex defy Asia-wide selloff, stand tall in sea of red this quarter

BSE is in focus.

· Business Today Mkts

Stock market: Nomura said India's outperformance is supported by low starting expectations, reflected in valuations below post-pandemic averages across most sectors, and by the correction in AI stocks.

Because the driver here is macro rather than company-specific, the read-through is to index-level positioning rather than to any single name — correlations tend to rise when the whole market faces the same signal.

  • With BSE involved, this carries a regulatory dimension that can outlast the immediate market reaction.
  • A market-wide development: it reaches beyond any single stock.