With enough firepower to counter FIIs, DIIs have made India's equity market more resilient, but what's driving the shift?
After investing a staggering amount in May, foreign investors turned net sellers with a withdrawal of Rs 8,749 crore from the Indian equity markets in the first week of this month triggered by renewed US-China trade tensions and rising US bond yields. This momentum follows a net investment of Rs 19,860 crore in May and Rs 4,223 crore in April, data with the depositories showed. Prior to this, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) had pulled out Rs 3,973 crore in March, Rs 34,574 crore in February, and a substantial Rs 78,027 crore in January. With the latest withdrawal, the total outflow has reached Rs 1.01 lakh crore in 2025 so far. "This bearish sentiment was triggered by renewed US-China trade tensions and rising US bond yields, which steered investors towards safer assets," Himanshu Srivastava, Associate director - Manager Research, Morningstar Investment, said. Besides, a US investigation into Adani Group's alleged sanction violation on Iran further weighed down investor confid
The spread between the benchmark 10-year Indian and US bonds has shrunk to a level last seen over two decades ago after the US Tax Bill
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Middleweight stocks are in demand, leading the market with better returns in April's recovery
Optimism from progress in trade talks with the US and expanded reciprocal tariff exemptions further fuelled investor enthusiasm
Over the past one week, India has emerged as the top-performing major market globally
Ireda shares rose after it inked a Facility Agreement for raising External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) from SBI, Tokyo Branch
GR Infraprojects share rose after it received Letter of Acceptance (LoA) from NHAI (Ministry of Road, Transport & Highways) for a project worth Rs 4262.78 crore
By 11:30 AM, over 0.81 million shares worth Rs 21.27 crore were traded on the BSE, while the National Stock Exchange (NSE) saw over 13.53 million shares worth Rs 355.92 crore change hands
The sell-off has been across the board with 185 or 92.5 per cent of all Nifty 200 stocks witnessing a price decline and 68.5 per cent (137 of 200) falling 15 per cent or more during this period
VA Tech's share price rose after the company secured an order worth approximately Rs 360 crore from GAIL and IOCL
FIIs net sold shares worth Rs 485.41 crore, while DIIs net bought shares worth Rs 263.51 crore, on March 10
MosChip Technologies shares rose following the announcement of the launch of MosChip DigitalSky GenAIoT, a digital solutions suite
Taxing FIIs on their gains, who face forex risks, and have no tax set-off available in their home country is a big mistake that the government is making, said Sami Arora at BS Manthan.
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The benchmark BSE Sensex is now down 9.5 per cent from its record monthly closing of 84,300 at the end of September last year
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