Indian Companies on London Stock Exchange: How to buy and other details

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A handful of Indian companies trade on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as Global Depository Receipts. Investors interested in these GDRs can buy them on the LSE just like another stock. In this post, let’s discuss a few of the common questions that investors might have and address them.

1.How many Indian firms trade on the London Stock Exchange ?

The GDRs of about 10 firms trade on the LSE. The list can be found here.

2.How to buy these GDRs?

An investor in the UK or an investor resident in any country but with a UK brokerage account can buy these stocks just like other stocks trading on the LSE.

3.What is the currency of the Indian GDRs on the LSE?

Indian GDRs trade in US Dollars. For example, the State Bank of India trades under the ticker SBID and closed at $73.20 yesterday.

4.What about the volume? How liquid are these GDRs?

Volume for most of the GDRs is light. A few of them never seems to change hands. Yesterday the total volume for SBID was 11,016 according to LSE data.

5.In what platform do the Indian GDRs trade?

The Indian GDRs trade on the International Order Book of the LSE. According to their site:

WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER BOOK?

London Stock Exchange International Order Book (IOB) enables investors to unlock the potential of some of the world’s fastest growing markets through a single central electronic order book. It offers easy, cost-efficient and direct access to securities via global depositary receipts (GDRs) from over 30 countries, including markets in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and the Middle East. 

6.Where can an investor buy these GDRs?

These GDRs can be bought any broker that allows stocks trading on the LSE. For instance, most UK-based brokerage firms can be used to place orders.

7.Will the orders execute in USD?

Yes. Foreign exchange conversion from British Pounds to USD will be taken care of the broker as with buying any foreign currency security.

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What Animals Inhabit the Global Financial Markets

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The financial kingdom is not just inhabited by humans but also by other animals. The most famous animals are the bull and the bear. There are also many other animals that are used in the financial markets. For instance, the unicorn is used to describe a startup with a value of at $1 billion. Out of the “Magnificent 7” five have market caps in excess of $1.0 Trillion and the other two are on the way to the Trillion dollar milestone. Soon humans will need to identify an animal to describe these Trillion dollar American babies. 🙂

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Source: Not just bulls and bears: Animals that inhabit financial markets, BNY Mellon Investment Management

Developed Market Annual Returns from 2009 to 2023: Chart

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In earlier posts we looked at the annual return charts for S&P 500 sectors, emerging markets and asset classes. Let’s wrap up the review with the final chart from Novel Investor for developed markets excluding the US. In 2023, Italy was the best performer followed by Spain and Denmark based on MSCI total returns for the year. The Danish market was highly boosted by the astonishing growth in drug-maker Novo Nordisk(NVO) with their weight-loss drug.

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Source: Novel Investor

The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns 2004 To 2023: Chart

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Callan has released the latest edition of The Periodic Table of Investment Returns chart. The 2023 chart shows the annual returns of key indices from 2004 to 2023 in order of performance for each year. Last year US large caps as denoted by the S&P 500 was the top performer with a return of over 26%. Developed markets excluding the US underperformed relative to the S&P 500 but still grew by nearly 18%. The worst performer was cash with a decent return of over 5%.

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Source: Callan

Download Callan 2023 chart in pdf format:

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  • SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
  • Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund ETF(VEA)
  • Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (VWO)
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  • Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND)

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