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Adani Green Energy shares rebounded toward the end of last week on rumors that some investors reassured their investment in the company, but remains down 6.3% from their trading level before the indictment as of Friday. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)

Adani crisis sequel makes investors in Indian companies think twice

Stock market hangover from indictment of Asia's second-richest man likely to linger

MUMBAI -- 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.

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