NEW DELHI: Maintaining their bullish stance for the third month in a row, global fund houses made a net investment of Rs. 11,685 crore ($2.5 billion) in Indian equities in August.
As per the data available with capital market regulator SEBI, foreign institutional investors purchased shares worth Rs. 62,187.50 crore, while they offloaded equities worth Rs. 50,500.40 crore during August, resulting in a net investment of Rs. 11,687.50 crore.
With the August inflow, the total investment made by FIIs in the local stocks now stands at Rs. 60,447 crore ($13.1 billion) so far this year.
Analysts believe that the Indian market is likely to attract more inflow from overseas in medium to long-term investments, as they see higher return from emerging economies.
FII inflow is likely to be robust in the medium to long-term, as Indian equities are still underowned by foreign investors as compared to their peers in the other emerging markets.
The sustained inflow by overseas funds helped the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex record a rise of 0.6% in August, though domestic institutional investors (both mutual fund and insurance companies) have been continuous net sellers due to redemption pressure and valuation discomfort.
In June and July, FIIs made a total net investment of Rs. 27,125 crore.
FIIs play a significant role in domestic equity markets and their movement (inflow and outflow) causes fluctuation in benchmark indices.
FIIs had pumped a record Rs. 83,400 crore into the domestic equities in 2009, but started exiting in early 2010. In January, they were net sellers of Rs. 500 crore.
But from February, the scenario started changing and they were net buyers of Rs. 1,216 crore. In April, FIIs were net purchasers of shares worth Rs. 9,361 crore, after pumping in Rs. 19,928 crore in March.
Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/
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