Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers of Indian shares for the 13th straight session on Wednesday, Aug. 6, and sold stocks worth approx. Rs 4,999 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange. The DIIs that have been buyers for the 23rd session bought stocks worth Rs 6,794.28 crore.
The FPIs have sold shares worth Rs 17,741 crore in July, as per NSDL data. In 2025 so far, the FPIs have net sold equities worth over Rs 1.03 lakh crore. On Aug. 6, US President Donald Trump doubled the tariff rate on Indian imports to 50% over the country's continuing buying of Russian crude oil.
Stock Market Today
The Indian stock market settled lower today dragged by rate-sensitive stocks after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) held key interest rates steady and maintained a 'neutral' stance, while concerns over ongoing US tariffs weighed on IT and pharma.
On Wednesday, the Nifty 50 benchmark fell 0.31% to 24,574.20, while the BSE Sensex lost 0.21% to 80,543.99. The broader small-cap and mid-cap indexes fell 1.1% and 0.8%, underperforming the benchmarks due to their higher exposure to the domestic economy and borrowing costs.
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