Indian stocks
A bet on India's biggest companies: Reliance, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Tata. India is one of the fastest-growing big economies, but the stock market is expensive by global standards and the rupee tends to weaken over time.
Returns shown in USD (your base currency). Past performance is not a reliable guide to future results.
- Exposure to a fast-growing 1.4-billion-person economy
- Strong tech services sector (Infosys, TCS)
- Long runway as middle class expands
- Indian stocks trade at high valuations vs the world
- Rupee tends to weaken over time, hurting USD returns
- Higher fee than other regional funds (0.65%)
About this fund
Tracks the MSCI India index. India is structurally one of the highest-growth emerging markets, but volatility is high and the ETF has a notable currency risk (INR exposure).
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Low-cost access to Indian stocks and 10,000+ funds worldwide.
Frequently asked questions
Is NDIA.L accumulating or distributing?
iShares MSCI India UCITS ETF (NDIA.L) is an accumulating ETF, so its dividends are reinvested automatically inside the fund instead of paid out as cash. The value compounds in the share price, which keeps things simple since the dividends are reinvested for you instead of arriving as cash you would otherwise have to reinvest yourself.
What is the annual fee (TER) for NDIA.L?
NDIA.L has a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.65% per year. On a $10,000 holding that is roughly $65 a year, charged inside the fund rather than billed to you separately. A lower fee leaves more of the return compounding for you over time.
Can I buy NDIA.L on Interactive Brokers?
Yes. NDIA.L trades on LSE, USD and is available to investors worldwide through Interactive Brokers (IBKR). IBKR is the most popular way to buy UCITS ETFs because of its low FX conversion cost (around 0.03%) and low trading commissions.
What does NDIA.L invest in?
iShares MSCI India UCITS ETF (NDIA.L) tracks the MSCI India. A bet on India's biggest companies: Reliance, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Tata. You buy one fund and get the whole basket in a single trade.
Is NDIA.L a UCITS ETF, and where is it domiciled?
Yes, NDIA.L is a UCITS ETF domiciled in Ireland. For non-US investors, Irish-domiciled UCITS ETFs are usually preferred over US-domiciled ones: US dividend withholding tax is 15% under the tax treaty (versus 30% on US-domiciled funds for many non-US investors), and the holdings sit outside US estate tax.
How risky is NDIA.L?
On the TickerCompare 1 to 5 scale, NDIA.L is rated higher risk (5/5), based on how much its price has moved historically. Higher-risk funds can fall further in a downturn, so match the choice to your time horizon and how much volatility you can stomach.