Finance Position Watched in India

 NEW DELHI—Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee looks set to become India's next president, sparking speculation over who will succeed him at a time of wilting foreign investor interest in the nation.

During Mr. Mukherjee's tenure at the finance ministry, investors have soured on India due to a number of controversial policies.

It would fall to Mr. Mukherjee's successor to chart a course for India to bolster economic growth and bring in foreign capital to finance a yawning current-account deficit and boost the country's currency, the rupee, which has hit all-time lows against the dollar in recent weeks.