- Foreign Portfolio Investors sold Indian equities for the 19th day but reduced volume to Rs 1,805 crore
- Domestic Institutional Investors bought stocks worth Rs 5,429 crore for the 21st consecutive session
- FPIs sold Rs 1.25 lakh crore in 2026 amid rising Middle East tensions and Iran war concerns
Foreign Portfolio Investors remained net sellers of Indian equities for the 19th day, but narrowed the volume of their selloff amid a relief rally in the stock market.
The overseas investors offloaded stocks worth Rs 1,805.37 crore on Wednesday, while Domestic Institutional Investors remained net buyers for the 21st session and mopped up equities worth Rs 5,429.78 crore, as per provisional data from NSE.
FPIs crossed the 1 lakh crore mark in March itself after dumping Rs 8,009.56 crore on Tuesday. On Monday, they sold shares worth Rs 10,414.23 crore and in the last week the selloff added up to Rs 29,897 crore, while DIIs bought stake worth Rs 30,641 crore.
In the week before that, offloaded total stake worth Rs 35,053 crore, while the DIIs bought stake worth Rs 37,740 crore. The spike in FPI selling came as the tensions in Middle East rose amid Iran war.
So far in 2026, FPIs have sold 1.25 lakh crore shares according to data from National Securities Depository Ltd.
The sharp sell-off follows a strong rebound in February, when foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pumped in Rs 22,615 crore, the highest monthly inflow in 17 months, according to NSDL data.
Market Recap
Indian equity benchmarks closed higher on Wednesday, extending gains to a second consecutive trading session. The BSE Sensex ended 1.6% or nearly 1,200 points higher at 75,273 and the NSE Nifty 50 rose as much as 1.7% to 23,306.
The broader markets outperformed the benchmarks with the Nifty Midcap 150 and Nifty Smallcap 250 adding over 2%. More than 2,800 stocks on the BSE ended in green and nearly 1,300 in red.
HDFC Bank and Larsen and Toubro added the most points to the Nifty. Shriram Finance and UltraTech Cements were the top gainers on the blue-chip counter.
All 12 sectoral indices on the NSE ended higher. The Nifty PSU Bank and NSE Realty gained the most.
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