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For retail investors, who have remained bullish on the India story despite a dismal performance by the Indian stock market, the need is to eliminate home country bias and opt for global diversification.

Asian markets tumbled more than 5% on Monday on escalating tensions in the Middle East. Checkout stock market movements in Asian countries and in the US.

Asian markets today: Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 2.58%, leading regional losses, while the broader Topix declined 2.03%.

Global markets today: The benchmark Kospi jumped 5%, after Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eog-weon announced fresh measures at an investor meeting in Seoul on Wednesday.

On Monday, Israel's Tel Aviv 35 index (TA 35) fell by over 2.44% to 4,250.31 Israeli New Shekel. Meanwhile, the Tel Aviv 125 (TA 125) index was down 2.62% to 4,216.17 Israeli New Shekels.

Morgan Stanley adjusted its equity ratings, downgrading the UAE and India while upgrading Taiwan and Saudi Arabia. The brokerage warns of supply chain disruptions from Middle Eastern conflicts, leading to significant capital outflows from Asia.

Global markets today: Japan's Nikkei 225 surged 1.1% to an all-time high of 59,199.31, marking its third consecutive session of record gains.

The European stock market opened with sharp cuts on Monday, January 19, amid threats of fresh tariff-related tensions between the US and several European nations.

Global markets today: Japan's Toho Zinc stock price was among the top gainers, was up 15.81% on Monday on Tokyo Stock Exchange

India’s underperformance this year is not about weak fundamentals, but about sentiment and missing foreign flows, said Harshal Dasani, Business Head at INVAsset PMS. FIIs sold Indian stocks worth ₹158,409 crore this year, according to NSDL data.