Amid better opportunities in other emerging markets, foreign investors have pulled out more than Rs 11,000 crore from Indian stocks in February 2018. This is the largest outflow in five months. However, the total inflow by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in the Indian equity markets stood at Rs 13,781 crore in January 2018.
As per the exchange data, the FPIs withdrew a net amount of Rs 11,037 crore from equities in the month of February. This is the highest net outflow by FPIs since September 2017, when they had pulled out Rs 11,392 crore from the Indian equity markets. In the equity segment, gross purchase was around Rs 1,07,282 crore, against gross sales of around Rs 1,18,319 crore in February.
Besides, the overseas investors withdrew a net amount of Rs 253 crore from the debt markets during the month under review. In debt segment, gross purchase was around Rs 23,425 crore against gross sales of about Rs 23,678 crore during the same month. Moreover, total outflow from equity, debt and hybrid segments stood at Rs 11287.85 crore.
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India’s Managing Director and CEO Vikram Limaye has said that FPIs have pulled out of the Indian markets as they seem to be favouring other emerging markets like Brazil. He also said that global cues could be another reason for the outflow.
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