Foreign investors infuse over Rs 22K crore in Indian shares in August so far

Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) had turned net buyers for the first time in July, after nine straight months of massive net outflows, which started in October last year. Between October 2021 till June 2022, FPIs sold Rs 2.46 lakh crore in the India equity markets.

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Updated Aug 14, 2022, 21:13 IST

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Building on the last month’s strong response, foreign investors have further intensified buying in Indian stock market and infused Rs 22,452 crore in the first two weeks of August.

FPIs‘ net investment was nearly Rs 5,000 crore in the entire month of July, data with depositories showed.

Going forward, foreign fund inflow is expected to improve in the emerging markets on account of fading concerns of rising inflation and tightening of monetary policy by central banks, Shrikant Chouhan, Head - Equity Research (Retail), Kotak Securities, said.

India's retail inflation softened to 6.71 per cent in July due to moderation in food prices but remained above the Reserve Bank's comfort level of 6 per cent for the seventh consecutive month.

US inflation slowed down from a 40-year high in June to 8.5 per cent in July on lower gasoline prices, indicating that the US Fed might be less aggressive in hiking interest rates.

"As long as energy prices remain low and there are no surprises from the war zone, foreign flow is likely to continue," Vijay Singhania, chairman at TradeSmart, said.

Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, is hovering around USD 98 per barrel.

According to data with depositories, FPIs infused a net amount of Rs 22,452 crore in Indian equities during August 1-12.

The sentiments in the equity market have turned bullish due to sustained buying by FPIs.

"Depreciation in dollar (dollar index declined from above 109 during late July to around 105.26 on August 12th) is the primary driver of capital flows to emerging markets," VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said.

India is a preferred destination since the country has the best growth prospects among large economies of the world, he added.

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