A pause in selling by foreign portfolio investors has been enough to fuel the rally
FIIs pulled out over $29 billion in 10 months of sustained selling of Indian equities with June recording the peak at $6.4 billion. But in July, with the foreign investors turned net buyers. When read along with other signals, it indicates a bottom-out in sell-off, says a BofA report
The relentless selling by foreign investors appears to have taken a breather as they have turned net buyers so far this month with an investment of nearly Rs 1,100 crore in the Indian equity market.
The shareholding pattern of One97 Communications for June quarter 2022-23 shows that the number of shareholders as foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) rose from 54 to 83, taking the number of shares held by them to 3,53,72,428 from 2,86,80,948 in the previous March quarter.
With the continued global uncertainty and volatility, experts believe that investment through P-notes will be volatile in the near future.
Foreign investors continue to desert Indian equity markets and have pulled out over Rs 4,000 crore this month so far amid steady appreciation of the dollar and rising interest rates in the US.
"The measures invoked by the RBI on the capital account have the potential to increase foreign inflows and strengthen the balance of payments. The amounts have to be large to counter the current account deficit which will in turn stabilise the rupee."
FII sell-off | Taming inflation, freezing interest rates and a decline in recession expectations backed by better GDP data in developed markets could help reverse the trend of FII flows.
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Domestic retail investors believe they can ride out the storm and get higher long-term returns from equities
With this, net outflow by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) from equities reached Rs 1.81 lakh crore so far in 2022, data with depositories showed.
Continuing its heavy selling spree for the eighth consecutive month, foreign investors pulled out nearly Rs 40,000 crore from the Indian equity market in May on fears of an aggressive rate hike by US Federal Reserve that dented investor sentiments.
In March 2020, foreign investors net sold domestic stocks worth Rs 62,000 crore as the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world.
Going ahead, FPI inflow into India is likely to remain volatile, given the headwinds in terms of elevated crude prices, inflation and tight monetary policy.
The intense and unceasing selling by foreign investors since October was triggered by rising global interest rates, record high inflation in the West, geopolitical crisis in Eastern Europe and growing unattractiveness of Indian stocks for their rich valuations
Foreign flows are likely to remain volatile in the near term amid the high prospect of aggressive rate hikes globally and the headwinds in terms of higher crude prices, and rising Inflation, experts said
Apart from equities, FPIs withdrew a net Rs 415 crore from the debt markets during the period under review, after infusing a net sum of Rs 1,403 crore in the preceding week.
Himanshu Srivastava, Associate Director – Manager Research, Morningstar India, said it would still be slightly premature to call it a change in trend with respect to FPI flows, and hence it will be prudent to watch how the scenario unfolds over the next few weeks or months to get more clarity.
Domestic mutual funds have net bought stocks worth Rs 77,634 crore, while retail investors have directly invested 97,500 crore in the market since October, while foreign portfolio investors sell off equities worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore
The exodus of foreign investors was largely owing to inflationary pressures and deepening global macroeconomic conditions following the Russia-Ukraine war, experts said
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FPIs pulled out Rs 41,168 crore from equities, Rs 4,431 crore from the debt segment and Rs 9 crore from hybrid instruments, taking the total net outflow between March 2-11 to Rs 45,608 crore.
Monetary tightening by the US Fed, the geopolitical concerns in the Ukraine and the union budget have resulted in a volatile cocktail of concerns for the markets
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Depositories data showed that they pumped Rs 1,857 crore into equities and Rs 1,743 crore into hybrid instruments during January 1-14.