India-US trade deal: The Indian stock market welcomed the much-awaited India-US trade deal on Tuesday, February 3, as investors are viewing the much-awaited trade agreement not only as a meaningful catalyst for equities and export-oriented sectors, but also as a potential trigger for reviving foreign investor inflows. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have relentlessly sold Indian…
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…
In addition to shorting Nifty and Bank Nifty futures, FPIs have begun selling Nifty and Bank Nifty call options in the past six months to gain from a fall in the indices, exchange data shows. A sale of a call involves the seller earning a premium from a buyer. If the market falls or stays…
The Indian stock market witnessed a broad-based sell-off last week, with both the Nifty 50 and Sensex shedding 2.45% and 2.55%, respectively, their biggest weekly decline since mid-September, as investor sentiment was impacted by elevated geopolitical tensions and fresh tariff warnings from US President Donald Trump on Indian imports. Further, continued selling by ₹11,800 crore”>FPIs,…
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have remained net sellers in the Indian stock market in five of the last seven sessions in January as the record selloff seen in 2025 showed no signs of abating. After a record net outflow of 166,286 crore last year, FPIs have additionally sold Indian equities worth 11,789 crore this month,…
