Foreign institutional investors (FIIs), seemingly less convinced about the India defence story, pared their positions across the segment in the September quarter. They cut stakes in 11 counters on a sequential basis while increasing holdings in six and leaving their position unchanged only in Astra Microwave Products.The steepest FII pullback came in PSU major Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), where holdings dropped 207 bps to 3.26% from 5.33% in June. Another PSU name, Bharat Dynamics (BDL), saw a sharp 134-bps reduction to 2.43%.Among private-sector players, Data Patterns (India) and Paras Defence & Space Technologies recorded notable FII exits, with holdings falling 138 bps and 115 bps, respectively.Others which saw FII stakes fall were Dynamatic Technologies, Bharat