Wednesday, August 19
While the world has moved to 2026, the foreign money outflow trends sustained over the first two trading sessions with Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) selling Indian equities worth Rs 7,608 crore.The FIIs were net sellers in December, offloading domestic shares worth Rs 22,611 crore during the month while taking total outflows in 2025 to Rs 1,66,286 crore.Commenting on the current trends, V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Investments called it the worst selling by FIIs since they started investing in India.The year 2025 ended on a grim note for foreign investors, with FIIs clocking record equity selling in India as they sold equities worth Rs 2.40 lakh crore in the secondary markets in CY2025, Vijayakumar said, highlighting that their equity investment of Rs 73,
The markets traded with a positive bias through the past week as Nifty continued to inch higher while consolidating within a defined range. The index oscillated in a 462-point band during the week, marking a low of 25,878 and a high of 26,340 before settling at a lifetime high of 26,328.55, ending with a weekly gain of 286.25 points or 1.10%.Meanwhile, volatility slightly edged higher; India VIX rose by 3.28% on a weekly basis to close at 9.45, still at historically subdued levels.126320711Nifty’s current technical setup remains firmly bullish, but the index appears to be grappling with some congestion just below the upper Bollinger band. It remains in a strong uptrend, trading above all key moving averages. However, momentum has moderated as the index trades at lifetime highs, hinting a
