New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has flagged continued capital outflows as a key concern for India in 2027, with global investments shifting towards the United States and artificial intelligence-linked markets.

This has put pressure on Indian equities, with the benchmark BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 falling nearly 12% over the past year, despite resilient economic growth amid trade uncertainty and geopolitical disruptions.

"The flight of capital toward AI and the US, which otherwise moves toward different countries for different sectoral investments, is a concern," Sitharaman told CNBC on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank meetings on Friday.

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