Today's M^3 - Bombay Stock Ex 100 Index Down 3% for the Day

The Bombay Stock Ex 100 Index is taking it on the chin with over a 3% drop earlier today. It briefly broke through the 2011 low.



According to this article from the Business Standard, the selloff is due in part to a resumption in tax treaty talks between India and Mauritius. I'm going to have to do some more research because I'm missing the logic here. India: Population 1.2 billion. Mauritius: Population 1.2 million. (Roughly)
That has to be one hell of a treaty when Mauritius has .001 the population of India yet the treaty can have still have a major affect on India's equity markets.

In the time it took to put together this post, the index has bounced back and is now down just 1.8%. Taiwanese equities have taken over the "worst performer of the day" slot. It's safe to say that the Asian equity markets in general are seeing a lot of selling. I'm going to go out on a limb and declare that the treaty talks between India and Mauritius have nothing to do with the selloff in Taiwan.



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