Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. and L&T Finance Ltd.are the two stocks that have been added to the MSCI Global Standard Index as part of the global index provider’s February 2026 revenue.
IRCTC Ltd. is the only stock that will exit from the index.Meanwhile, the weightage of AU Small Finance Bank Ltd. has been increased due to a float adjustment, MSCI had said.
India’s weightage in the MSCI Standard Index will remain unchanged at 14.1% post the rejig. The number of Indian companies will increase to 165 from 164 in the index.
As per brokerage Nuvama Alternative and Quantitative Research, AB Capital is set to see inflows of around $257 million or 65.7 million shares, while L&T Finance is set to witness inflows of $241 million or 74.2 million shares.
AU Small Finance Bank’s weight is set to go up as it is likely to see inflows of $173 million or 15.7 million shares. Meanwhile, IRCTC will see outflows of around $139 million or 19.8 million shares.
All four stocks are trading in with losses on Friday. AB Capital and L&T Finance are down 3.5% each, while AU Small Finance Bank and IRCTC shares are down 0.8% and 1.5% down, respectively.
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