Lured by a booming stock market, foreign investors have poured $28.5 billion into Indian stocks in the first nine months of this year, more than twice that in 2009. The Sensex has risen almost 15 percent so far this year and 143 percent since it cratered to 8,326 in March 2009, although it has yet to return to its January 2008 peak of 20,828. The country is experiencing a growth rate of nearly 9 percent. |