Kolkata, Nov 11 (PTI) Crisil's latest Financial Conditions Index (FCI), which rose to -0.3 in October from -0.6 in September, showed that domestic financial conditions registered marked improvement in October amid "heightened optimism over India's economic output".

This marks easier conditions but still below the long-term average.

Crisil's FCI combines key market indicators such as interest rates, bonds, equities, and exchange rates into a single measure to show how tight or easy financing conditions are in an economy.

The FCI's rise was primarily driven by a return of foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to Indian markets after four months, energising both debt and equity segments amid easing US yields and heightened optimism over India's economic outlook as well as anticipated trade ad

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