FPI selling, foreign investors withdrew more than Rs 2 lakh crore

New Delhi. Since February this year, the trend of selling by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in the domestic stock market has continued in the month of May as well. This month, foreign portfolio investors have withdrawn Rs 14,231 crore by selling in the stock market.

If the figures of selling done in the business so far in the month of May are combined, then the figure of selling done by foreign portfolio investors in the domestic stock market in the calendar year 2026 has crossed the level of Rs 2 lakh crore.

According to the data of National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL), from January to May 8 this month, FPIs have sold a total of Rs 2,28,040 crore in the domestic stock market.

In the month of January, foreign portfolio investors had sold Rs 35,962 crore in the domestic stock market. In February, FPIs focused on buying instead of selling. This month he invested Rs 22,615 crore in the Indian stock market.

The situation changed once again in the month of March. This month FPI sold a record Rs 1.17 lakh crore. The process of selling by FPIs continued in the month of April also.

This month, foreign portfolio investors sold shares worth Rs 60,847 crore. In the current month also, FPIs have sold shares worth Rs 14,231 crore in the five trading days till May 8.

Even if the buying of Rs 22,615 crore done by foreign portfolio investors in the month of February is subtracted from the total selling done this year, still the selling done by foreign investors this year seems to have reached the level of Rs 2,05,425 crore, above the level of two lakh crore.

Market experts believe that the main reason for the selling in the domestic stock market by foreign investors this year is global macro economic uncertainty.

Anil Bhansali, executive director of Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP, says that foreign investors are especially concerned about geopolitical risk, inflation and interest rates.

Due to geopolitical tensions, especially in West Asia, the price of crude oil continues to remain around the level of $ 100 per barrel.

Because of this, there is a possibility of inflation increasing across the world. The fear of inflation has also forced foreign investors to adopt selling methods to secure their money.