Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) sold Indian Information Technology (IT) stocks worth nearly ₹17,000 crore in February amid rising concerns about potential disruption from artificial intelligence (AI) in the sector. The Nifty IT index declined nearly 20% during the month. The sharp sell-off in IT stocks came even as overall foreign portfolio investment flows into the…
Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) turned net buyers in the Indian stock market in February, snapping a three-month streak of outflows, and recording their highest monthly inflows in the past sixteen months. However, despite the return of foreign inflows, benchmark indices — the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty 50 — ended the month marginally lower….
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), once a formidable force on Dalal Street, have seen their clout diminish against the backdrop of the massive selling over the last two years. At the same time, domestic institutions and retail investors have stepped in to absorb the flows. According to a recent mint analysis, the ownership of FPIs in…
Within key indices, the share of FPIs in the Nifty 50 fell by 25 basis points (bps) quarter-on-quarter (qoq) to a more than 13-year low of 23.8%, while remaining broadly stable at 18.1% in the Nifty 500. One bps is one hundredth of a percentage point. On the other hand, the share of domestic mutual…
Indian Stock Market 2026: The year 2025 has been a year of stability and balance for the stock market. There were a lot of ups and downs in the market throughout the year and a lot of difference was seen in the shares of different sectors. Where large cap stocks led the market. At the…
Japanese government bond (JGB) yields rose to their record highs after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a landslide victory in Sunday’s snap election to the lower house of parliament, strengthening her mandate to pursue expansionary fiscal policies, including higher government spending and tax relief. While Takaichi has repeatedly emphasized that her stimulus measures will not…
India-US trade deal has returned confidence in the market. Two IPOs are coming on 9th February and many big companies are standing in line… highlights After record IPO in 2025, the IPO market remained sluggish in January due to global tension and trade war. Now the India-America trade deal has returned confidence in the market….
The BSE Sensex closed the week 0.9% higher at 82,269.78 on Friday, while the Nifty50 advanced 1.1% to 25,320.65. Yet, despite the weekly rebound, the benchmarks ended January in the red. The Nifty50 lost 2.4% during the month, while the BSE Sensex shed 2.8%, marking their weakest monthly showing since February 2025, when the markets…
Budget 2026: There is a lot of clamor in the Indian stock market for a reduction in the long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax amid the sharp underperformance by the Indian stock market over the past year, amid relentless selling by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs). Last year, the BSE Sensex rose almost 9% as it extended…
The Indian rupee slid sharply on Wednesday, hitting a fresh record low of 91.7450 against the US dollar, weighed down by heightened global uncertainty leading to risk aversion across markets and outflows by foreign portfolio investors. The domestic currency logged its steepest intraday fall in almost two months and depreciated over 7% against the dollar,…
