FIIs pull-out over Rs 3,200 crore from securities market in November

02 Dec 2011 Evaluate

The Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) withdrew more than Rs 3,200 crore from Indian securities market in November due to concerns over the worsening debt crisis in the euro zone. This heavy sell-off by overseas investors is also because of the decline in Indian rupee.

As per the data available with the capital market watchdog, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), in November foreign investors purchased stocks and debt securities worth Rs 62,296.10 crore and sold securities valued at Rs 65,559.20 crore, this translate into a net outflow of Rs 3,263.20 crore. 

During November, FIIs withdrew Rs 4,198 crore from the equity market and pumped Rs 935 crore into the debt market. On the whole, FIIs have pumped Rs 17,480.50 crore into the stock and bond market so far this year, compared to about Rs 1,79,674 crore in the whole of 2010.

Reflecting the uncertainty in global economy, the overseas investors were not very consistent while investing in Indian securities. Last month, FIIs invested around Rs 3,079 crore, whereas FIIs withdrew Rs 1,866 crore in September. And in August, FIIs withdrew around Rs 8,000 crore from Indian stock market and debt market, which is FIIs highest monthly withdrawal since October 2008.

The continuous withdrawal of funds by FIIs from Indian stock market is viewed as one of the major factor for the sustained fall of stock market in recent weeks. The number of FIIs registered with the SEBI stood at 1,743 as of November 2011, whereas the number of sub-FIIs was 6,187. 

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