The young investors gambling on Indian stocks

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Millions of India’s citizens have piled into shares and options, egged on by online ‘finfluencers’, but regulators are sounding the alarm

“How many of you want to be rich?” Hundreds of hands shoot up at a packed conference hall in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. The attendees are responding to Chandan Taparia, head of derivatives research at financial group Motilal Oswal. Roaming the stage as an array of technical charts pop up on screen, Taparia shares his market trading tricks to the fixated assembly of largely young Indian men hanging on his every word and intently jotting down strategies on a recent Sunday.

Mutual fund industry net assets under management doubled to Rs59tn in May. The robust financial performance of Indian companies has also underpinned the market. Macquarie, the Australian bank and asset manager, has estimated Indian earnings per share will grow 14 per cent this year and next, outpacing other emerging markets.

 

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