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FPIs stock holding slips 14% to $523 bn in Q1
FPI holdings in the domestic equities dropped 14 per cent to $523 billion in the three months ended June 2022 from the preceding quarter, according to a Morningstar report.
New Delhi: The value of the foreign portfolio investors (FPI) holdings in the domestic equities dropped 14 per cent to $523 billion in the three months ended June 2022 from the preceding quarter, according to a Morningstar report.
This was the third consecutive quarterly decline in the value of FPIs' investments in Indian equities. Foreign investors were cautious since the start of the year and it intensified as the year progressed, following the influence of worrying trends in both global and domestic markets. "During the quarter ended June 2022, the value of FPI investments in Indian equities fell by 14 per cent to $523 billion from $612 billion recorded in the previous quarter," the report noted.
As of June 2021, the value of FPI investments in Indian equities was $592 billion. FPIs' contribution to Indian equity market capitalisation also fell during the quarter under review to 16.9 per cent from 17.8 per cent in the March quarter. Offshore mutual funds form an important component of total foreign portfolio investment, apart from other large FPIs, such as offshore insurance companies, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds.
During the quarter ended June 2022, FPIs sold net assets worth $13.85 billion. However, it was lower than the net pull out of $14.59 billion seen during the quarter ended March. Foreign investors' sentiments were dented from the start of the quarter with the US Federal Reserve continuing with its aggressive monetary policy stance. The bond yields also surged globally on the expectation of a rather prolonged hike in interest rates by the Fed, which made investors risk-averse, Morningstar said in its report.
Moreover, volatile crude, rising commodity prices, and no positive development in the Russia-Ukraine conflict amplified investors' woes, it added. The Fed has so far hiked interest rates by 150 basis points in 2022 and is expected to continue with its aggressive rate-hike stance for the remaining months of the current year.
