Foreign Banks Sell Record Indian Sovereign Debt as Tensions Rise
Foreign banks sold a record amount of Indian government bonds Thursday, as a growing border conflict with Pakistan weighs on investor sentiment.
They sold a net 106.3 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) of the debt, a high according to data from the Clearing Corp. of India Ltd. going back to 2006.
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