Foreign portfolio investors’ (FPIs) buying spree in Indian equities appears to be losing steam, with net investments of just Rs 468 crore in domestic markets last week, compared to Rs 7,804 crore in the preceding week. The benchmarks Sensex and Nifty 50 witnessed their first weekly loss in five weeks as investors took partial profits. However, inflows from FPIs were positive for the fourth consecutive month, with over $4bn invested in July, lower than June’s over $6bn inflows.
RBI does dollar/rupee swap for $5 billion, injects liquidity
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted a dollar-rupee buy/sell swap for $5 billion on Friday, with the transaction to be reversed on August 4.
February 1, 2025