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Markets in India fall as budget disappoints

By James Lamont in New Delhi

Published: July 7 2009 03:00 | Last updated: July 7 2009 03:00

Disappointed investors sold off Indian stocks yesterday after the newly-elected government's national budget fell short of expectations of faster economic reform and fiscal consolidation.

Sensex, the benchmark index of shares on the Bombay Stock Exchange, suffered its worst budget day fall in almost a decade, tumbling 6 per cent to 14,007 points as investors registered the absence of steps towards structural reform and closing a widening fiscal deficit.

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