After the month of March, now in the month of April, FPIs have been making net purchases in the Indian stock market for the last few days.
But after the Indian stock market’s major index Sensex and Nifty reached a record high in September 2024, the Indian stock market saw an unprecedented decline due to heavy selling started by FPI since October 2024. Even in this era of recession, DII remained a net buyer, resulting in the holding of DII among companies involved in the Nifty 500 index currently at its highest level. Not only this, during the January to March quarter of 2025, these companies have exceeded the DII FPI and this is the first time that such a situation has arisen.
The FPI inserted $ 13 billion or around Rs 100 crore in the Indian stock market in the fourth quarter of 2024–25 due to increased US bond returns and the US dollar strengthened. A net sale of Rs 1.11 lakh crore was done. On the other hand, during the same period, DII received Rs. A net purchase of Rs 1.89 lakh crore was done. Talking about the entire financial year 2024-25, this year FPI will invest $ 14.4 billion i.e. Rs 1.52 crore. Its net sales were Rs 1.27 lakh crore, while the net sales of DII were Rs 1.27 lakh crore. A net purchase of Rs 6.07 lakh crore was done. As a result, in the fourth quarter of 2024-25, DII holdings increased by 8 basis points to 18.11 percent in 500 companies included in the Nifty 500 index, while FPI holdings declined 70 base points to 17.86 percent. This percentage of FPI holding is the lowest in the last 12 years.
The share of promoters in these companies has also come down from 49.56 percent to 49.37 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024-25. The price of this promoter stake also declined by 3.77 percent to Rs 1,24,000 crore. 185.03 lakh crore rupees, which is Rs. It was Rs 185.03 lakh crore at the end of the December quarter. 192.3 lakh crores The highest stake companies by FPI and DII include HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, ITC, Infosys and TCS.
Significantly, in the fourth quarter of 2024-25, the main indices of the Indian stock market declined by 0.93 per cent, while midcap and smallcap indices recorded a decline of up to 15 per cent. During the same period, the total M-cap of Nifty 500 companies also declined by 3.4 per cent to Rs 1,25,000 crore. 374.77 lakh crore rupees, which was Rs. It was Rs 1.11 lakh crore by the end of the December quarter. 387.97 lakh crores
