Indian Stocks

When you decide to invest in India's stock market, consider the following funds and individual stocks:

India Fund (IFN), a closed-end fund that focuses on India.
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF), a closed-end fund that focuses on India.
WisdomTree India Earnings Fund (EPI), an exchange-traded fund that focuses on India.
PowerShares India Portfolio (PIN), an exchange-traded fund that focuses on India.
Individual stocks that trade of the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq can be used to create your own customized portfolio. To see current prices of Indian stocks see equitymaster.com.
SurfIndia lists the components of the Sensex and other Indian stock exchanges.

Indian stocks, as measured by Sensex (^BSESN), are quite volatile, particularly after many stocks reached all-time highs in 2007.

The stocks in the following table are a sample of Indian stocks that trade in the United States and on the Bombay Stock Exchange. For a complete list of Indian stocks traded on U.S. stock exchanges, see Bank of New York.

Indian Stocks Traded on the NYSE, Nasdaq and Bombay Stock Exchange
Company	Symbol	Industry
Bharti Airtel	BRTI.BO	Telecommunications.
Cipla	CIPL.BO	Pharmaceutical products.
HDFC Bank	HDB	Banking and financial services.
ICICI Bank	IBN	Banking financial services.
Infosys Technologies	INFY	Information technology services.
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam	MTE	Telecommunications.
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation	ONGC.BO	Oil and gas exploration and production.
Rediff.com	REDF	Information provider.
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories	RDY	Pharmaceutical products.
Reliance Energy	REL	Power provider.
Satyam Computer Services	SAY	Information services.
Sify Limited	SIFY	Internet provider.
Tata Motors	TTM	Automotive vehicles.
Videsh Sanchar Nigam	VSL	Telecommunications.
Wipro Limited	WIT	Information technology (IT) services.

Updated May 18, 2008.