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Financials see sharpest outflows as investors favour pharma, consumer services
Regulators are working to make FPI registration faster and digital, streamline KYC and facilitate bond indices as foreign investor access to Indian markets expands
Sebi said there was no evidence of Vinod Adani directing the management or policy decisions of two FPIs that invested in listed Adani group companies.
Widens FPI access to non-agri commodity derivatives
Sebi is working on simpler digital onboarding, wider FPI participation in commodity derivatives and depository receipts against units of REITs and InvITs
FPIs sell ₹23,676 crore in the secondary market, analysts see scope for a Nifty recovery, and grey-market premiums signal divergent IPO prospects this week
Citi has become the first designated depository participant to launch a five-day fast-track registration process for foreign portfolio investors
The move extends a relaxation Sebi had first carved out in September 2025 for FPIs investing only in government bonds under the Fully Accessible Route
Despite being net buyers for the past two months, FPIs are still net sellers in Indian equities thus far in 2026 with their net sales totalling Rs 2.27 trillion ($24.31 billion) in CY26, data shows.
For much of the past decade, the Indian investment proposition was almost self-evident
Sebi eases FPI onboarding with digital powers of attorney, while Gaja Capital's IPO gains traction and NSE weighs allowing its shares to trade on its own platform
FPI ownership in NSE-listed companies fell to 15.1 per cent, while domestic mutual funds raised their stake for the 12th straight quarter to a record 11.6 per cent
The regulator has also proposed safeguards for physical contracts
Foreign investors have turned net sellers after an eight-session buying streak as rising crude prices and renewed West Asia tensions weigh on sentiment and outlook
While the FPIs sought adjourned, the counsel for Sebi argued that the delay was impacting the ongoing investigations
Indian equity benchmarks rose to their highest closing levels in about 10 weeks, supported by HDFC Bank, easing crude oil prices and continued foreign portfolio investor inflows
Foreign investors remain overwhelmingly concentrated in India's largest companies, while domestic fund flows are increasingly directed towards midcap and smallcap stocks
The brokerage says elevated valuations, stronger opportunities in developed markets and the rise of AI-related investments could limit foreign inflows into Indian equities
Govt on June 5 changed Income Tax Act via ordinance to exempt FPIs from tax on interest income and capital gains from trading in government securities, aiming to boost foreign inflows
Foreign investors pulled out ₹43,000 crore from Indian equities in early June as AI-driven global opportunities and rupee weakness weighed on sentiment