Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have dumped some sectors twice as fast the overall rate of outflows.
The FPI exits since May were around 0.6 per cent of their total equity assets under custody, reveals a fortnightly depository data.
Their selling has been twice as severe or more in sectors including consumer durables (1.6 per cent), metals and mining (1.7 per cent), telecommunications (2.2 per cent), and construction material (2.4 per cent).
The data on FPI investments are available on a daily aggregate basis. The analysis considered additional data on sectoral flows available on a fortnightly basis.
The latest data is