FPIs infuse over ₹15,000 crore in debt market in February
The Hindu
FPIs continued their bullish stance on the country’s debt markets with a net infusion of over ₹15,000 crore so far this month
Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) continued their bullish stance on the country's debt markets with a net infusion of over ₹15,000 crore so far this month, on the back of inclusion of Indian government bonds in the JP Morgan Index along with relatively stable economy.
This followed a net investment of ₹19,836 crore in January, making it the highest monthly inflow in more than six years. This was the highest inflow since June 2017, when they infused ₹25,685 crore.
On the other hand, foreign investors pulled out more than ₹3,000 crore from equities during the period under review. Before this, they withdrew a massive ₹25,743 crore in January, data with the depositories showed.
"The main trigger for this divergent trend in equity and debt is the high valuation in the Indian equity market and the rising bond yields in the US," V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services, said.
Himanshu Srivastava, Associate Director - Manager Research, Morningstar Investment Research India, attributed the outflow from equities to the uncertainty surrounding the interest rate environment, both domestically as well as globally.
According to the data, FPIs made a net investment of ₹15,093 crore in the debt markets in this month (till February 9).
With this, the total investment by FPIs reached over ₹34,930 crore in 2024.
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