FPIs Turn Net Buyers For The First Time In Over A Month

Foreign portfolio investors stayed net buyers of equity for the first time since Feb. 23 after staying net sellers for the 27 sessions and bought stake worth Rs 672 crore as Iran and US prepare for talks in Pakistan after the announcement of ceasefire. Domestic institutional investors stayed net buyers for the 30th day as they bought shares worth Rs 410 crore.

This week FPIs have offloaded equity worth Rs 20,710 crore and domestic institutional investors bought stake worth Rs 21,603 crore. Last week, FPIs offloaded total stake worth Rs 29,425 crore, while the DIIs bought stake worth Rs 29,275 crore. The spike in FPI selling came as the tensions in Middle East rose amid Iran war.

The FPIs have sold shares worth Rs 35,962 crore in January, according to data on the NSDL. On the other hand, FPIs in February have bought stake worth Rs 22,615 crore, aided by improving risk sentiment in the geoeconomic space. However, after the FPIs staged a brief and tentative return to Indian equities, the escalating tensions in the Middle East amid the US-Iran war rattled the global risk sentiment pushing the FPIs to turn net sellers.

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In the last month they sold equity worth Rs 1.18 lakh crore posting a month with the highest ever selling. In April so far they have offloaded stake worth Rs 48,213 crore. In 2026 so far, the FPIs have net sold equities worth Rs 1.79 lakh crore.

Market Recap

Indian equity benchmarks posted their strongest weekly gain in more than five years, driven by improving global sentiment after the United States and Iran agreed to a ceasefire. The NSE Nifty 50 and the BSE Sensex rallied nearly 6% during the week, marking their best performance since the first week of February 2021.

On Friday, the 50-stock index rallied 1.2% to close at 24,050.50 and the 30-share index gained 1.2% to 77,550.25.