FIIs pour Rs 22,615 crore into Indian equities in February. Can Iran-Israel battle flip the development?
The battle within the Center East has triggered a risk-off scenario in monetary markets. It stays to be seen how the battle will evolve and influence crude and forex markets, Dr. VK Vijayakumar, Chief Funding Strategist, Geojit Investments stated, commenting on the disaster. In his view, FIIs are prone to wait and watch how issues evolve earlier than making additional commitments in rising markets.
Echoing an analogous sentiment, Nachiketa Sawrikar, Fund Supervisor at Artha Bharat World Multiplier Fund stated he expects broad promoting of dangerous property throughout each the developed and rising markets towards the backdrop of a USA-Israel assault on Iran.
He stated buying and selling exercise seems more and more tilted towards US securities, with a parallel shift in flows towards bullion, signalling the potential of capital shifting out of rising markets. “We might anticipate the continuing rally in USA treasuries, oil, gold, and silver to increase,” the skilled added.
Sawrikar additionally sees a deeper influence of warfare on India, accelerating the overseas capital outflow due to its reliance on imported crude oil. “Increased crude oil costs may widen the present account deficit, stoking home inflation, strain the rupee,” he warned.
Vijayakumar stated FIIs shopping for on most days in February indicated a transparent shift of their funding technique in the direction of India. “There are variations in sectoral investments in February. FPIs had offered closely in IT shares as a result of Anthropic shock and the persevering with weak point on this phase. However they had been consumers in monetary companies and capital items,” the Geojit analyst stated.
Whereas FPIs invested Rs 19,782 crores within the secondary markets, round Rs 2,832 crores was pumped-in the first market.On Friday, FII offered shares value Rs 7,536.36 crore, triggering an enormous sell-off. The benchmark indices Nifty and the BSE Sensex, ended with deep cuts on Friday amid promoting strain throughout the board. Auto, financials and FMCG had been main laggards whereas the IT sector noticed selective shopping for motion. In a unstable session, the broader Nifty edged decrease by 317.90 factors, or 1.25%, to shut at 25,178.65, whereas the 30-share Sensex plunged by 961.42 factors, or 1.17%, to settle at 81,287.19.
FPI tendencies
February recorded inflows after a pointy January exodus of Rs 35,962 crore. FIIs are nonetheless internet sellers in 2026 at Rs 13,347 crore.
In 2025, the FII shopping for tendencies remained patchy, however the general development was bearish. They took out Rs 1,66,286 crore from Indian markets as commerce deal delay and premium valuations weighed on the feelings.
FIIs had been internet sellers in December, offloading home shares value Rs 22,611 crore.
April–June interval of 2025 witnessed inflows totalling Rs 38,673 crore. In the meantime, huge promoting to the tune of Rs 1,16,574 crore occurred through the January–March quarter.