New Delhi, May 4 -- Ashish Kumar Chauhan, CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), on Monday highlighted the resilience of India's capital markets amid global uncertainties, noting that equity market capitalisation has risen to nearly 1.5 times the size of banking assets.

Addressing the IMC Capital Market Conference 2026, Chauhan said the shift reflects growing reliance of domestic firms on public markets, backed by a strong macroeconomic foundation despite global trade and geopolitical challenges.

"India's capital markets have navigated an exceptional sequence of shocks over the past two decades, from the global financial crisis of 2008, the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, to the geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East in recent months...