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Total assets in hedge funds investing primarily in India’s markets have risen 400% to $13.97 billion as of July-end 2007 from $2.8 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2005, said HedgeFund.Net.

. . . the correlation between Sensex returns and those of the India-focused hedge funds is narrowing. In the last 12 months, this correlation was 0.92 - meaning that hedge fund returns almost mirror that of the Sensex.

Rupee approaching parity / over-valued zone, on NEER / REER and 6 / 36 currency indices.

Index of six core infrastructure industries grew by a slower 6.3 per cent in July 2007 compared to a healthy 10.9 per cent during the same month of the previous year.

 

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