Shrugging off all worries related to elections, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have ended up buying Indian stocks worth about Rs 26,565 crore in June – before the Union Budget and India’s inclusion in JP Morgan’s bond index. After being net sellers in the last two months, a U-turn by FIIs comes amid expectations that reforms … Read more
Sunil Subramaniam, market veteran, says that in April and May, the outflow of Rs 50,000 crore was a profit booking by FIIs. Now, alternatives to take that money and put it anywhere else in the world are not looking attractive. So, they had to come back to India, especially once they got clarity that this … Read more
In recent years, investors bullish on Indian equities have cited the promise of policy reforms and rapid economic growth under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to justify its record premium over emerging-market peers. Now, with the leader facing coalition politics after a weaker-than-expected mandate in this week’s national election, the so-called Modi premium is under scrutiny. … Read more
With FIIs having already withdrawn around Rs 15,000 crore in the last four days from India amid election related uncertainties, Dalal Street is worried if a lower-than-expected mandate to Prime Minister Narendra Modi will accelerate the pace of outflow in the coming days. As a part of funds are moving towards China and out of … Read more
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) continued their selling spree on Thursday, offloading Indian equities worth Rs 6,867.72 crore even as domestic buyers remained net buyers at Rs 3,718.38 crore. Notwithstanding the sell-off by foreign investors, Indian headline indices on Thursday ended in the green for the second day in a row aided by strong gains in … Read more
Ahead of the much-anticipated outcome of the Lok Sabha election results, the FII long-short ratio stands at a multi-year high of 87% shorts in the index futures, coupled with heavy selling in the cash market. On the other hand, retail investors are holding highly leveraged long positions. “Both these factors are a bit scary. That … Read more
“Few percentage point here and there does not matter as much as certainty does. So, outcome after elections, a good budget, both would have a positive impact,” says Prateek Agrawal, MD & CEO, Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company. I am looking at the market positioning, what FIIs have done, what DIIs have done, what the … Read more
“Achche din ki sabse badi guarantee hai the growth in the GDP. So, India having reached fifth largest economy status and all the pundits and all the gurus from IMF to investment houses to all the economists predict that India will be number three in a very short duration of time,” says Puneet Chhatwal, MD … Read more
Indian market is expected to consolidate on Wednesday tracking mixed global cues. The Nifty future closed negative with losses of 0.78% at 22375 levels on Tuesday. India VIX was up by 2.71% from 16.60 to 17.05 levels. On the weekly options front, the maximum Call OI is placed at 22500 and then towards 22800 strikes … Read more
Indian equities are poised to lure more foreign inflows after the general elections, with the economy’s promising growth prospects and the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts acting as catalysts. That’s the view from Rajiv Batra of JPMorgan Chase & Co., who says global funds’ positioning in India’s $4.3 trillion stock market remains light and investors will … Read more