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Pull out capital for 7th straight month in April
To be eligible to be part of the FTSE index, the minimum room for overseas investment has to be 20 per cent
Both foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) as well as domestic institutions were net buyers on Thursday
In the last six months, the S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty have slumped around 7 per cent each as foreign investors dumped Indian stocks across the board
Foreign portfolio investors have sold equities worth Rs 1.58 trillion since Oct 2021. Domestic retail and institutional investors have also slowed down their trading activity. What does this indicate?
Gains were led by heavyweights like RIL, Infosys amid strong global cues
Domestic institutional investors pumped in close to Rs 4,000 crore on Tuesday.
Besides weak earnings, investors had to digest negative macroeconomic data on the inflation and GDP outlook front
Adopting a cautious stance, foreign investors have pulled over Rs 4,500 crore from the Indian equity market last week on fears of an aggressive rate hike by US Federal Reserve.
The latest inflow comes following massive net outflows to the tune of Rs 1.48 lakh crore from equities in the last six months from October 2021 to March 2022.
Markets remaining open during bank holidays isn't uncommon. However, such days are known well in advance.
But their domestic counterparts buy Rs 1,373 crore of stocks
As foreign portfolio investors bail out, will domestic investors run out of ammunition too?
Continuing their selling spree for the sixth straight month, overseas investors have pulled out a net Rs 45,608 crore from the Indian markets in March so far
LIC may have also ramped up share purchases to cushion the market against steep falls ahead of its initial public offering, said market watchers
Selling was seen in most sectors save metals and mining, pharma and telecom
Equity mutual funds attracted a net sum of Rs 19,705 crore in February, making it the 12th consecutive monthly net inflow, amid highly volatile stock market environment and continued FPIs selling.
These funds had, on an average, generated returns of -7.4% during past three months, compared with negative returns of 8-10% by large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap funds
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