FPI selling not impacting Indian markets

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have been on a selling spree in the Indian market, exceeding the global financial crisis (GFC) outflow of 2008-09. However, the market benchmark Sensex has not reacted to the FPI selling as it used to in the past. Data from NSDL show that FPIs have sold equities worth ₹1,41,507 crore in the Indian equities in the financial year 2022 (FY22) so far. Cumulatively, they have withdrawn ₹1,19,950 crore from the Indian financial market instruments, which includes equities, debt, debt-VRR (voluntary retention route) and hybrid category. The data show, FPIs have sold only equities and bought in debt, debt-VRR and hybrid categories in FY22 so far.