Foreign portfolio investment inflows hit 20-month high of ₹51,200 crore in August

India will continue to attract FPI flows this month too, although at a slower pace as compared to August, given continued rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve along

Foreign investors have pumped in a little over ₹51,200 crore into the Indian equity markets in August, making it the highest inflow in 20 months, amid improving risk sentiment and stabilisation in oil prices.

This comes following a net investment of nearly ₹5,000 crore by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) in July, data with depositories showed.

FPIs had turned buyers for the first time in July after nine straight months of massive net outflows, which started in October last year. Between October 2021 till June 2022, they withdrew ₹2.46 lakh crore from the Indian equity markets.

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India will continue to attract FPI flows this month too, although at a slower pace as compared to August, given continued rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve along with quantitative tightening, said Manish Jeloka, Co-head of Products and Solutions, Sanctum Wealth.

Arpit Jain, Joint Managing Director at Arihant Capital Markets, said inflation, dollar prices and interest rate will dictate FPI flows.

According to data with depositories, FPIs pumped in a net amount of ₹51,204 crore into Indian equities during August. This was the highest investment made by foreign investors since December 2020, when they had infused a net ₹62,016 crore in equities.