FIIs dump Rs 1.27 lakh crore in FY25 as DIIs buy Rs 6 lakh crore in domestic equities
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were net sellers in FY2025, offloading domestic equities worth Rs 1,27,401 crore. The intensity of selling, reduced significantly in March which saw a sell-off worth Rs 3972.61 crore. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs), on the other hand, remained buyers throughout the year and purchased stocks worth Rs 6,06,368 crore. In March, the buying activity amounted to Rs 37,079.08 crore.
On Friday, FIIs sold shares worth Rs 4,352.82 crore while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net buyers at Rs 7,646.49 crore.
FIIs were sellers seven times on a monthly basis in the financial year that ends on Monday, March 31, 205. The highest exodus happened in October and January when the FIIs sold shares worth Rs 94,017 crore and Rs 78,027 crore, respectively.
FIIs were net buyers in June, July, August, September and December with highest buying seen at Rs 57,724 crore in September.
Meanwhile, DIIs remained bullish on the Indian equities through the year, with not even a single month recording net selling activity by them. October and January months witnessed sharpest DII buying at Rs 1,07.255 crore and Rs 86,592 crore.
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Commenting on the current trends, VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Investments said that the change in FII strategy from sustained selling to modest buying was visible in the week that ended March 21 and it picked-up pace in the following week that finished this Friday.
FIIs turning net buyers over the last fortnight helped