New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- India's bond market has performed well in recent years, both compared to its past performance and in comparison with most other countries, but the same optimism has not been reflected in equities, Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta said in the apex bank's bulletin published on Friday.

The divergence between bonds and equities performance raises questions about how financial markets could evolve as India's economic growth remains resilient and the outlook stays strong as well.

This is also supported by a survey conducted by the World Economic Forum (WEF), which found that nearly three-fourths of chief economists expect India to record strong or very strong growth over the next 12 months.

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