While Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) turned net buyers in February and picked up Indian equities worth Rs 22,615 crore during the month, Friday’s sharp sell-off has cast doubt on the sustainability of that trend reversal. With the conflict between Iran and Israel escalating this weekend, risk appetite may take a back seat, prompting foreign investors […]
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) are fleeing India’s tech sector at an alarming rate, unconvinced that software services giants can survive the AI disruption that threatens to erode their business models. FIIs withdrew Rs 10,956 crore from Indian IT stocks in the first two weeks of February after the launch of new models from Claude and […]
Domestic institutional investors increasingly have the upper hand in India’s benchmark index, with their holdings in the Nifty-50 rising to a record 24.8% in December 2025, a historic shift that puts local money ahead of foreign investors. This milestone comes amid relentless FII sales of over Rs 1.6 lakh crore by 2025, highlighting a steady […]
Forcing short sellers to run for cover and with the potential of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) returning to Dalal Street with pockets full of cash, the Sensex zoomed over 4,000 points while the Nifty shot up around 5% to close to its all-time high of 26,373 on Tuesday following the announcement of the India-US trade […]
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold domestic equities worth Rs 22,530 crore in the first half of January, extending their selling streak. The pace of outflows accelerated in the holiday-shortened week, with foreign investors selling Rs 14,266 crore worth of shares in just four sessions.FIIs remained net sellers and extended their recent selling trends as tariff-related […]
Indian equity markets are poised for a stronger performance in 2026 compared to the sharp underperformance of 2025, driven by better earnings visibility, policy support and likely returns from foreign institutional investors (FIIs), said Nilesh Shah, Managing Director and CEO of Envision Capital.Speaking to ET Now, Shah said India’s relative underperformance last year was largely […]
According to most analysts, the new year was intended as a turning point for foreign investors. After a roaring 2025, the dominant market narrative in early 2026 was that foreign institutional investors would finally become buyers, helped by better domestic growth prospects, expectations of better corporate earnings and hopes for progress on the long-pending India-US […]
As the world has moved towards 2026, trends in foreign money outflows continued in the first two trading sessions with foreign institutional investors (FIIs) selling Indian equities worth Rs 7,608 crore.The FIIs were net sellers in December, selling domestic equities worth Rs 22,611 crore during the month, taking total outflows to Rs 1,66,286 crore in […]
The rupee fell by 10 paise to close at 89.98 against the US dollar on Thursday. This marked a weak start to the first trading session of 2026 as continued foreign fund outflows and subdued domestic stock market weighed on investor sentiment, PTI reported.Forex traders said the USD/INR pair moved within a narrow range during […]
Financial analyst works on a computer with a multi-monitor workstation showing real-time stock, commodity and currency charts. Businessman works at night in the city office of the investment bank. istock photo for BL | Photo credit: GORODENKOFF Will FIIs return in 2026? Past predictions that ‘FIIs cannot ignore India’ have been diluted in recent years. […]