Indices, rupee fall as markets take stock of Fed tone

Elsewhere in Asia, China declined 0.4%, Hong Kong fell 0.6%, South Korea declined 2% and Taiwan dropped 1%. The pan-Europe index Stoxx 600 fell 1.5%. Wall Street’s main indices gained some ground on Thursday.

Foreign investors seek greater fungibility of FDI and FPI rules

They are knocking on the doors of the government and financial market regulators, urging them to rethink a rule that forbids an overseas investor from being a foreign direct investor (FDI) as well as a foreign portfolio investor (FPI) in the same company.