Foreign Institutional Investors

The value of foreign portfolio investors' (FPI) holdings in the domestic equities reached USD 584 billion at the end of December 2022, which was 11 per cent lower from preceding year, according to a Morningstar report. This was largely on low return given by the Indian equities and exodus of foreign money from the domestic stock market. Going by the report, the value of FPIs investments in Indian equities dropped to USD 584 billion as of December 2022 as compared to USD 654 billion at the end of December 2021. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the value of FPIs investment grew 3 per cent from USD 566 billion in the three months ended September 2022. This was also the second consecutive quarter, when the value of their investment in the domestic stock market had increased. Consequently, FPIs' contribution to Indian equity market capitalisation also went up during the quarter to 17.12 per cent from 16.97 per cent in the September 2022 quarter. After posting a robust growth in 2020 and

Foreign institutional investors have purchased $840 million worth of Indian bonds so far in 2023. This is a change in the trend as they were net sellers of bonds in the years 2022 and 2021

From the Sensex pack, Axis Bank, NTPC, HDFC, HDFC Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries and Maruti were among the major laggards

Trade volumes were thin as US markets were closed for Martin Luther King Day

The rupee declined 9 paise to 82.74 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday as rising crude prices weighed on investor sentiment. Besides, foreign fund outflows put pressure on the domestic unit, forex dealers said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened weak at 82.71 against the dollar, then slipped further to 82.74, registering a fall of 9 paise over its previous close. In the previous session on Monday, the rupee appreciated 17 paise to close at 82.65 against the US dollar. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.19 per cent to 104.11. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, advanced 0.45 per cent to USD 84.30 per barrel. In the domestic equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 61.14 points or 0.10 per cent higher at 60,627.56. The broader NSE Nifty rose 17.90 points or 0.1 per cent to 18,032.50. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were net sellers in capital

The rupee settled at 82.44 per dollar on Friday versus 82.89 on Thursday

We are positive on select private banks with credit growth picking-up and asset quality outlook being benign/improving.

Stock exchanges in Europe were trading in the positive territory in mid-session deals

According to the new rules of the liberalised remittance system (LRS), an Indian resident can now invest $250,000 a year in foreign stocks, debt etc

'Now valuations have become more reasonable and trade at long-term averages. More importantly, there are palpable signs of peak inflation behind us'

According to the latest June quarter shareholding data, the FII shareholding in HDFC Bank and HDFC Ltd has declined to 65.81 per cent and 67.7 per cent, respectively

'Foreign institutional investment (FII) is expected to reverse when these macro headwinds stabilise for a few months'

The domestic currency has fared better than many of its emerging market peers

We will ramp up digital channels and make tactical tweaks on equity investments to please policyholders, said M R Kumar

This is only the second trading session in May when markets have been able to clock gains

With just hours to go until end of the subscription period for the $2.7 billion initial public offering of LIC, foreign institutional funds have put in orders for merely 8% of the shares

Higher bond yields as well as a potential US Fed rate hike sparked a global risk-off sentiment, leading to elevated FII outflows in India, said Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

In what turned out to be a historic year, the Indian stock indices went past multiple milestones and the 30-share Sensex made an annual gain of 10,502.49 points or 21.99 per cent in 2021

Domestic equities will be mainly driven by global market trends, foreign institutional investors' movement and developments around new Covid variant Omicron this week, according to analysts.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sought 4.17 crore shares as against 2.63 crore shares reserved for QIBs.