FIIs dump Rs 1.58 lakh cr in 2025, however Rs 3,000 cr year-end shopping for sparks 2026 reversal hopes. Right here’s why
Overseas traders purchased home equities price Rs 3,003 crore during the last three classes, together with purchases of Rs 1,831 crore on Friday.
Commenting on the present traits, V Ok Vijayakumar, Chief Funding Strategist at Geojit Investments, known as the shopping for a reversal of international traders in the direction of the shut of 2025, although he mentioned that FIIs have remained invested in home equities by way of the first markets regardless of promoting within the secondary markets.
The FII outflows and commerce deficit have had a sustained antagonistic impact on the Indian rupee, which has turned out to be the worst-performing foreign money in Asia, falling practically 5% in 2025, Vijayakumar mentioned.
“Nevertheless, the final two days witnessed a reversal of the foreign money depreciation. The rupee bounced again from a low of 91.14 to the greenback on December 16 to 89.29 on December 19. This strengthening of the foreign money additionally helped stem the tide of FII promoting, too,” the Geojit analyst mentioned.
He stays optimistic about FIIs returning to India in 2026, backed by regular GDP development and enhancing company earnings development.
After a robust influx of Rs 14,610 crore in October, November noticed a sell-off price Rs 3,765 crore.Within the third quarter (July-September) of CY25, FIIs offloaded shares price Rs 76,619 crore, reversing the shopping for seen within the April–June interval when inflows totalled Rs 38,673 crore. The yr opened on a sharply adverse word, with international traders pulling out a large Rs 1,16,574 crore through the January–March quarter.
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