On Thursday, February 5, foreign investors sold Rs 2150.51 crore in the Indian stock market.
highlights
- On February 5, FIIs made a net sale of Rs 2150 crore, while DIIs continued buying Rs 1129 crore.
- After the India-US trade deal, the trend of FIIs appeared to be improving in February, became net buyers in the first three sessions of the month.
- Expectations of return of foreign investors increased after selling of more than Rs 2.25 lakh crore in the last 7 months
On Thursday, February 5, foreign investors sold Rs 2150.51 crore in the Indian stock market, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) continued buying and made a net purchase of shares worth Rs 1129.82 crore. On Thursday, foreign investors bought shares worth Rs 14,630.07 crore and sold shares worth Rs 16,780.58 crore, resulting in net selling of Rs 2,150.51 crore. Whereas on Thursday, DII purchased shares worth Rs 15,182.18 crore and sold shares worth Rs 14052.36 crore, resulting in a net purchase of Rs 1,129.82 crore. However, in the month of February, FIIs are looking positive for the Indian stock market.
According to data available on NSDL, on February 3, FIIs bought shares worth Rs 5426 crore and Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought shares worth Rs 345 crore. According to NSDL, FIIs have bought shares worth a total of Rs 788 crore in the first three trading sessions of the month. If FIIs remain net buyers till the end of February, it will be the first month of foreign investment since October.
FIIs sold in last 7 months
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Foreign institutional investors (FIIs), who were continuously selling from the Indian stock market for the last seven months, changed their stance in February and started net buying in the cash segment. After the India-US trade deal, the market outlook has improved and the rupee has also received support. According to the data, in the last seven months, FIIs had sold Indian shares worth more than Rs 2.25 lakh crore in the cash segment, but now the situation seems to be improving.
On February 3, a day after the India-US trade deal was announced, FIIs bought shares worth Rs 5,236.28 crore. However, on February 4, this purchasing was very slow and a nominal net purchase of around Rs 30 crore was recorded. Market experts believe that major uncertainties like American tariffs have now been left behind, due to which buying by foreign investors may continue in the coming times.
Record selling of FIIs in 2025
FIIs sell record Indian stocks in 2025. According to NSDL data, FIIs pulled out a net Rs 106,606 crore from the Indian equity market since the beginning of August 2025, including Rs 35,962 crore in January, when the US imposed additional 25 per cent tariff on India, taking the effective rate to 50 per cent. On a full-year basis, FII outflows reached a record Rs 166,286 crore.
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