Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) infused Rs 22,615 crore into Indian equities, marking the highest monthly inflows in 17 months, driven by the India-US interim trade deal, correction in domestic market valuations and robust corporate earnings in the third quarter.The latest purchase follows three consecutive months of heavy selling. FPIs raised Rs 35,962 crore in January, […]
Mumbai: Overseas fund managers have cut their bearish derivatives bets on India last month from January lows, encouraged by signs of waning pessimism over the market outlook. But the ease of risk-off sentiment isn’t compelling enough to go completely bullish, with these investors still retaining a larger portion of their bearish bets, especially as uncertainty […]
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 […]
Mumbai: Foreign investors accelerated their sales in financial services in the second half of January, losing ₹5,402 crore after selling ₹3,190 crore in the first half. For 2025, outflows from the sector stood at ₹14,903 crore. “There are no serious valuation concerns in the financial sector, but private banks did make some gains as PSU […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lifted the long-term investment limit of Rs 2.5 lakh crore under the Voluntary Retention Route (VRR) to deepen the debt market by providing more flexibility to foreign portfolio investors (FPIs). Yet, overall investment limits remain in place, ensuring adequate regulatory controls on foreign ownership of Indian debt. The […]
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 […]
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 […]