Tata Group pivots back to India as global expansion sours

Home market offers better prospects while UK investments face Brexit risk

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Tata Motors has expanded its market share in India, now the world's fourth largest auto market. (Photo by Akira Hayakawa)

AKIRA HAYAKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

MUMBAI -- Top Indian conglomerate Tata Group has shifted its focus back to the booming home market as earnings falter at high-profile European acquisitions in cars and steel.

The group's setbacks were shown in striking fashion by the nearly $4 billion quarterly loss reported last week by automotive unit Tata Motors. Shares in the parent of U.K.-based Jaguar Land Rover tumbled as much as 30% on Friday, its sharpest decline in 26 years.

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