Stock market hangover from latest Adani crisis likely to linger

Stock market hangover from latest Adani crisis likely to linger

FILE PHOTO: Indian billionaire Gautam Adani speaks during an inauguration ceremony after the Adani Group completed the purchase of Haifa Port earlier in January 2023, in Haifa port, Israel January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

When Gautam Adani, Asia’s second-richest man and founder of rising Indian conglomerate Adani Group, was indicted in a U.S. federal court on bribery charges, investors braced for a shock similar to last year, when the company was roiled by accusations of financial improprieties by short-seller Hindenburg Research. That episode wiped $130 billion from the group’s market value.