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Zerodha’s Wall Street Leap, Even Healthcare’s $50 Mn Raise & More

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Zerodha’s Wall Street Leap, Even Healthcare’s $50 Mn Raise & More

The Nifty 50 has dropped 12.4% YTD in 2026, the first yearly decline in over a decade, and FPIs had pulled a cumulative ₹3.1 Lakh Cr (around $33 Bn) over this time from Indian equities. With the stock market sliding and SIPs returning negative returns, retail investors also want to hedge bets against rallying US tech stocks. A clutch of discount brokerages like Zerodha, Groww, Angel One and Upstox are now enabling this exposure. So, what’s on offer?

Green Card For Indian Folios: Zerodha is now offering eligible users an option to invest in up to 2,000 US-listed companies and around 1,000 ETFs through its Kite platform. Users can opt for fractional investing, same-day delivery or SIPs. Funds can simply be transferred to dollar-denominated wallets through net banking, with UPI and card payments yet to be introduced. 

Desi Discount Brokers Go Global: Peers like Groww and Upstoxx had already launched similar offerings recently, with Angel One also joining the club on Monday. All four received approval from the International Financial Services Centres Authority in June to offer investors international and US stock options from GIFT City. Prior to this, IND Money and HDFC Securities were popular platforms for international investing. 

US Stocks Take The Cake: Direct exposure to international markets will allow Indian investors to not only hedge domestic concentration and diversify geographical risk, but also gain access to global technology megatrends like AI, cloud computing, and semiconductors, which are yet to enter Indian equity markets meaningfully. 

Brokers Eye Revenue Mix: The market slowdown in India, combined with SEBI’s derivatives reforms, is squeezing discount brokers’ core trading income, forcing them to diversify into lending and allied financial services.


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