After months of buying, foreign portfolio investors are turning a blind eye to Indian equities in the month of January amid concerns over high valuations and uncertainty around global interest rates trajectory. In the week gone by, FPIs net sold shares worth over Rs 21,000 crore, signalling a sudden shift in the strategy. So far … Read more
After the relentless buying in December, foreign portfolio investors took the slow lane on Dalal Street in January, eventhough markets hit record highs. In fact, data showed that foreign portfolio investors turned net sellers of equities in the last week after being net buyers in the secondary market in the preceding week. FPIs net sold … Read more
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) extended their shopping spree to the first week of January as they invested Rs 4,773 crore in Indian equities, according to data available on NSDL. Domestic equity markets in December rode on the back of strong inflows from foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) who pumped in a whopping Rs 66,134 crore last … Read more
Mumbai: Overseas investors bought Indian equities worth more than ₹9,000 crore in November, reversing two consecutive exit runs in the previous two months, as a decline in energy prices and stable US yields burnished the allure of risk assets in Emerging Markets. Experts believe the trend will continue as India’s economic growth is likely to … Read more
Mumbai: The taxman is snooping around for Indians behind foreign institutional investors (FPIs). In a slew of unusual and probing questions, tax authorities have asked several offshore funds to spell out how they go about raising money, share of Indian investments in the fund pools, and details of top investors in a fund. At least … Read more
Mumbai: Overseas investors in September sold shares worth almost Rs 30,000 crore across 7 sectors, including power, oil and gas, metals and mining, services, FMCG, and construction materials. They were buyers of shares in sectors such as capital goods, consumer services, financial services, and IT. Overall, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pulled Rs. 14,764 crore out … Read more
India’s market regulator expects instant settlement of stock market trades to be implemented by October 2024, a source from the regulator told Reuters on Tuesday. Currently trades in India are settled in “T+1” or one day after the trades are initiated. Instant settlement would ensure trades are settled immediately. For foreign investors, the instant trade … Read more
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought Indian shares worth 466.18 billion rupees ($5.63 billion) on a net basis in July, data from the National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) showed on Friday. This is slightly less than inflows of 471.5 billion rupees in June 2023, the highest monthly FPI inflow since August 2022. Sustained FPI inflows have … Read more
MUMBAI: The relentless buying by foreign portfolio investors triggered a sharp rally in Indian equities and took benchmark indices to all-time highs. However, the buying frenzy among the big bulls seems to be ebbing. FPIs net invested a mere Rs 468 crore in domestic markets during the week ended July 28, compared to Rs 7,804 … Read more
New Delhi: To bring greater transparency in the Indian capital markets, Sebi on Wednesday came out with a proposal mandating enhanced disclosures from high-risk Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) that have concentrated holding in a single company or a group firm. These proposals are aimed at preventing possible circumvention of minimum public shareholding (MPS) requirements and … Read more