FII News

As of March 2025, Industry Assets Under Management (AUM) stood at Rs 121 lakh crore, reflecting a 21 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increase and a 4 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) rise, Experian, a global data and technology company, said in its report.

The top five sectors in which FIIs held Indian equities were BFSI, IT, energy and gas, auto, and pharma, which accounted for 60 per cent of FII holdings.

According to analysts, FII buying has imparted strength to large-caps helping the Nifty and Sensex to scale new highs for 2025. 

FIIs invested $975 million while DIIs made even stronger contributions with $4.3 billion in net purchases during the month, according to the JM Financial Securities’ report.

Above-average reservoir levels, increasing rural wages, lower tax rates and an improving job market are positives for the urban and rural economies, said the report by JM Financial Institutional Services.

The report, titled Institutional Investors - Talent Trends and Insights, highlights that India’s market capitalisation has recorded an over four-fold jump from $1.2 trillion to $5.2 trillion over the last 10 years, spurred by significant expansion in the institutional investor sector.

India’s market capitalisation has risen over the past decade, growing from $1.2 trillion to $5.2 trillion. This growth has spurred significant expansion in the institutional investor sector.

Most of the emerging markets have experienced FII outflows during October amid uncertainty around US election, geopolitical tensions in middle east, stimulus announcement by China and rise in US yields.

Apart from India, FIIs have withdrawn $700 million from Indonesia, $415 million from Vietnam, $210 million from Thailand, and $58 million from the Philippines.

The economic factor is the rising US bond yields which reduces the prospects of rate cuts by the Fed this year. 

The market value of public investments is around $650 billion on mark-to-market valuation, while the market value of the private market investments can only be speculated.

The widest gap between FII and DII holding was in March 2015 quarter, when DII holding was 55.45 per cent lower than FII holding. 

Sensex gains over 110 points whereas Nifty reaches 17,423.20 after gaining 25.70 points in opening trade on Monday. Foreign institutional investors remained net buyers in the capital markets as they bought shares worth Rs 1,605.81 crore on Friday, as per exchange data. Mahindra & Mahindra was the biggest gainer from the Sensex pack, rising more than 2 %, followed by IndusInd Bank, NTPC, Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, and Maruti.

Today's benchmark indices mirror positive global market trends. Sensex advanced 239 points to 53,753. Nifty scaled to 16,041.

Rupee opened strong at 79.55 against USD. Sensex advanced 206 points to 54,092. Nifty scaled to 16,119.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to participate in the high-profile financial summit Future Investment Initiative (FII), also called 'Davos in the desert' at Riyadh on Tuesday. 

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) profoundly influence investor sentiments at the bourses.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday removed restrictions on foreign investments in IDFC.

Indian equity markets are expected to witness volatility on the back of derivatives expiry during the upcoming trading week starting March 27.

BJP's remarkable election victory, particularly in Uttar Pradesh summed-up the market mood of the week, with Nifty index marking three lifetime highs and Sensex rallying 702.76 points to 29,648.99.