FPIs invested Rs 8,500 crore in Indian stock market last week

Foreign portfolio investors have been invested about Rs 8,500 crore in domestic stock markets last week. Earlier this month, FPIs had sold in the domestic market. After this, the hope of some relief on the global trade front and strong domestic economy has increased investor confidence. According to depository data, FPIs have invested a net Rs 8,472 crore in stocks during the week ended April 18 with fewer trading sessions. However, in the next two sessions, they invested Rs 10,824 crore.

FPI strong comeback

Himanshu Srivastava, Associate Director-Manager Research, Morningstar Investment, said that the recent surge in FPI activities indicates a possible change in sentiment, but the sustainability of this flow will depend on the global macroeconomic situation, stability in US trade policy and India's domestic growth scenario.

Infuse Rs 8,500 crore into Indian market in a week

During the week, from 15 to 17 April, trading took place on only three days - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The stock markets were closed on Monday and Friday due to 'Ambedkar Jayanti' and 'Good Friday'. Overall, FPIs have withdrawn Rs 23,103 crore from stocks so far in April. This has brought their total withdrawal to Rs 1.4 lakh crore since the beginning of 2025. This flow will depend on the global macroeconomic situation Srivastava said that FPIs had sold aggressively in the early part of the month. This was mainly due to the retaliatory tariffs imposed by the US on various countries of the world.

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FPIs had sold aggressively in the early part of the month

VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Investment, said that first of all, due to the fall in the dollar index to the level of 100 and further weakness in the dollar, FPIs are moving away from the US to emerging markets like India. Apart from this, both America and China are expected to register slow growth this year, while in India, despite the unfavorable global environment, the growth rate is expected to be six percent in the financial year 2025-26. He said that India's better performance on the growth front will also be good for the stock markets.

Summary

Earlier in March, FPIs had withdrawn Rs 3,973 crore from shares. In February, their withdrawal was Rs 34,574 crore. Whereas in January they had withdrawn much more, Rs 78,027 crore. Also Read: HDFC Bank Q4 Results: Rs.17,616 Cr Profit, Rs.22 Dividend Announced