FPI inflows recover to Rs 19,675 cr in first half of February after US-India trade deal

Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) staged a sharp turnaround in early February, pumping Rs 19,675 crore into Indian equities in the first two weeks, buoyed by the US-India trade deal and easing global macroeconomic concerns.The inflow follows three consecutive months of heavy selling, with FPIs withdrawing Rs 35,962 crore in January, Rs 22,611 crore in December […]

BSE’s long-term growth trajectory remains strong: Sundararaman Ramamurthy

BSE Managing Director and CEO Sundararaman Ramamurthy said the exchange remains strongly focused on long-term market development rather than short-term gains in derivatives market share, even as recent regulatory changes and tax hikes are reshaping India’s trading landscape.Speaking to ET Now, Ramamurthy said BSE’s strategy has always been about deepening and strengthening the market ecosystem, […]

FPIs become net buyers in February; invest Rs 8,100 cr in a week in US trade deal

After three consecutive months of heavy selling, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) turned net buyers in the first week of February, bringing in over Rs 8,100 crore of Indian equities, helped by improving risk sentiment and a trade deal with the US.The inflows follow sustained withdrawals in recent months, with FPIs withdrawing Rs 35,962 crore in […]

Markets are seeing the bright side with Sensex and Nifty recovering from early losses due to IT crisis

Indian stock benchmarks recovered from early losses to post gains late Friday as investors balanced optimism ahead of the release of the US-India trade deal against nervousness in the global technology basket. The NSE Nifty added 0.2% to end at 25,693.7, while the BSE Sensex rose 0.3% to 83,580.40. Both gauges ended the six-session trading […]

FPI investments in the primary market have almost halved in FY26

ET Intelligence Group: While foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have intensified their selling into the Indian secondary equity market in the two months through January, their outflows of $16.7 billion (₹1.5 lakh crore) in the first ten months of the current fiscal year (FY26) remained significantly below the $23.5 billion (₹2 lakh crore) in the comparable […]

Higher F&O costs may hit trading activity, but revival in profits will boost markets: Raamdeo Agrawal

The recent changes affecting derivatives trading could make certain strategies less profitable and could temporarily affect market liquidity, warned veteran investor Raamdeo Agrawal in an interaction with ET Now. While the broader budget has been well received, Agrawal says the timing of higher trading costs has contributed to short-term market jitters, especially at a time […]