The peak weight of the financial stocks in the FPIs portfolio was around 38% in the pre-Covid period. In 2023, FPIs deployed only 16.4% of the total inflow of $21 billion to the financial sector. Mirroring the trend of FPIs, local mutual funds too are paring their exposure to private banks with the sector weight in their AUM dropping to 17.1% in January 2024 from a high of 20.5% in June 2023.
Largecaps showing no fundamental change despite market bounce: Nischal Maheshwari
Market expert Nischal Maheshwari advises investors to focus on fundamentals amidst market volatility. He notes large-cap growth remains single-digit, banks are poised for margin improvement,