Correlation coefficient, which is normally positively skewed towards FII flows, has witnessed a change since demonetisation and is more in sync with DII flows.
Currency market observers feel that even if rupee touches the 70 mark, it is unlikely to stay there and may reverse course soon.
India-focused offshore funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) registered a net inflow of over USD 1 billion in July-September 2014, signalling growing interest by foreign investors in the country's growth story.
Today it appears that the Nifty is going to start up in the green but just going by the FII flows, it is not looking too good because just this month, we have seen that the FIIs have sold close to around Rs 5,000 crore approximately and global markets have sold off between 3 percent and 10 percent. Nigel D‘Souza of CNBC-TV18 has more details.
In the last couple of days China came out with some sweeping reforms. Many market experts are worried that the incremental flows might now move to China vis-Ã -vis India. Cameron Brandt, Director of Research at EPFR Global feels the reforms will be perceived as being positive for Asia, minus Japan.
The question people often ask is what is this amorphous term called foreign fund flows. Classroom demystifies the concept of foreign fund flows and what they mean for our market and why they are important as well with Nirmal Jain of IIFL.
Nick Verdi, Currency Strategist, Asia, Barclays Capital sees INR trading around 61/USD and outperforming some of its peers.
Due to the massive beating seen in EMs, they are likely to be more attractively valued asset class, says Cameron Brandt, director-research, EPFR Global.
The Nifty was range-bound on Thursday and closed around 6,100, says Udayan Mukherjee, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18. Large caps were down for most part of the day, he says.
Flows into India likely to remain limited in the near term, as relative valuations of stocks versus emerging markets do not look attractive, Macquarie says.
In an interview with Deepak Shadadpuri, MD, Baer Capital, gave his perspective on flows, private equity investment and the debate on emerging markets versus developed markets.