- Foreign portfolio investors bought Rs 2,254.6 crore of Indian equities on Monday
- FPIs turned net buyers after India-US trade deal details benefited export sectors
- Domestic institutional investors had minimal net buying of Rs 4.2 crore on Monday
Foreign portfolio investors remained net buyers of Indian equities for the second consecutive session as they mopped up Rs 2,254.6 crore worth of stocks on Monday, according to NSE's provisional data.
On Friday, the overseas investors had net bought Rs 1,951 crore worth of Indian equities. The increase in FPI buying came after the fine print of India-US trade deal emerged on Saturday, which showed several export-oriented Indian sectors benefitting.
The position of domestic institutional investors was little changed, as they turned net buyers by only a thin margin of Rs 4.2 crore. In the preceding session, DIIs had net sold stocks worth Rs 1,265 crore.
Notably, the domestic buyers cushioned the market for most of the last quarter of calendar year 2025, as foreign investors were on a selling spree. In the three-month period ended Dec. 31, 2025, DIIs held about 24.8% of holdings in Nifty 50 stocks, whereas the FPI ownership declined to 24.3%.
FPIs had first turned net buyers a day after the trade deal was inked. In the first week of February, they have infused more than Rs 8,100 crore in Indian equities, aided by improving risk sentiment in the geoeconomic space.
So far this year, Rs 24,321 crore worth of equities have been sold by the FPIs.
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Market Recap
Indian equity benchmarks extended gains for the second consecutive trading session on Monday. The BSE Sensex closed more than 450 points higher to settle above 84,000 and the NSE Nifty 50 closed 0.7% higher to end above 25,860.
The gains in the indices were led by State Bank of India after the shares of country's largest lender surged to record high following strong Q3 results and optimistic guidance.
The market breadth tilted in favour of buyers. About 3,097 stocks advanced and 1,263 stocks declined on the BSE. All the sectoral gauges tracked by NSE ended higher, led by the NSE Nifty Media Index's 4.3% rally.
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