Indian Capital Markets

After nine consecutive months of relentless selling, foreign investors have turned into net buyers and invested nearly Rs 5,000 crore in Indian equities in July on softening dollar index and good corporate earnings.

Indian benchmark equity indices rose for the sixth straight session on Friday and recorded their best weekly performance since February last year, driven by by foreign portfolio investments marking theirhighest net investments in eight months.

Foreign investors have turned net buyers of Indian assets for seven days this month, even as the rupee languishes near its lifetime low of around 80 per dollar.

The rupee declined by 9 paise to settle at a new record low of 79.90 against the US currency on Thursday due to a firm US dollar in overseas markets and capital outflows.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pulled out Rs 50,203 crore worth of equities from India in June, according to the latest National Securities Depository data.

The rupee depreciated 5 paise to an all-time low of 79.11 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday amid persistent foreign capital outflows.

Investors' wealth has tumbled by over Rs 18 lakh crore during the last six days of market decline, which is more than Reliance Industries Ltd's market capitalisation of 17.5 lakh crore, putting in context the magnitude of the loss.

Sequoia Capital has raised $2.85 billion to fund Indian and Southeast Asian startups, the venture capital firm said on Tuesday

Wary of the global and domestic scenario, foreign investors sold Indian equities worth nearly Rs 14,000 crore this month so far.

Higher than usual imports of Russian oil at significant discounts to market prices may limit near-term working capital needs of fuel retailers

Continuing their heavy selling spree for the 8th consecutive month, foreign investors pulled out nearly Rs 40,000 crore from the Indian equity market in May on fears of an aggressive rate hike by US Federal Reserve that dented investor sentiments.

Indian equities and the rupee face more pain ahead after a broad and deep slump since the war on the edge of Europe as stagflation, which was considered a fallout of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, is fast becoming the baseline scenario.

Indian equity benchmarks on Friday extended their fall for the sixth straight day, with the Sensex down 2,041.96 points or 3.72 per cent for the week on stagflation worries, the exodus of capital on flight-to-safety trades.

The Indian partner of global money manager Schroders Plc is under investigation by the countrys capital markets regulator for alleged front-running by two of its officials, according to people familiar with the matter.

Varun Sridhar, CEO of Paytm Money, said, "LIC pulled off the biggest IPO in the history of Indian Capital markets, with more than 7 million applications."

After nine consecutive months of relentless selling, foreign investors have turned into net buyers and invested nearly Rs 5,000 crore in Indian equities in July on softening dollar index and good corporate earnings.

Indian benchmark equity indices rose for the sixth straight session on Friday and recorded their best weekly performance since February last year, driven by by foreign portfolio investments marking theirhighest net investments in eight months.

Foreign investors have turned net buyers of Indian assets for seven days this month, even as the rupee languishes near its lifetime low of around 80 per dollar.

The rupee declined by 9 paise to settle at a new record low of 79.90 against the US currency on Thursday due to a firm US dollar in overseas markets and capital outflows.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pulled out Rs 50,203 crore worth of equities from India in June, according to the latest National Securities Depository data.

The rupee depreciated 5 paise to an all-time low of 79.11 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday amid persistent foreign capital outflows.

Investors' wealth has tumbled by over Rs 18 lakh crore during the last six days of market decline, which is more than Reliance Industries Ltd's market capitalisation of 17.5 lakh crore, putting in context the magnitude of the loss.

Sequoia Capital has raised $2.85 billion to fund Indian and Southeast Asian startups, the venture capital firm said on Tuesday

Wary of the global and domestic scenario, foreign investors sold Indian equities worth nearly Rs 14,000 crore this month so far.

Higher than usual imports of Russian oil at significant discounts to market prices may limit near-term working capital needs of fuel retailers

Continuing their heavy selling spree for the 8th consecutive month, foreign investors pulled out nearly Rs 40,000 crore from the Indian equity market in May on fears of an aggressive rate hike by US Federal Reserve that dented investor sentiments.

Indian equities and the rupee face more pain ahead after a broad and deep slump since the war on the edge of Europe as stagflation, which was considered a fallout of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, is fast becoming the baseline scenario.

Indian equity benchmarks on Friday extended their fall for the sixth straight day, with the Sensex down 2,041.96 points or 3.72 per cent for the week on stagflation worries, the exodus of capital on flight-to-safety trades.

The Indian partner of global money manager Schroders Plc is under investigation by the countrys capital markets regulator for alleged front-running by two of its officials, according to people familiar with the matter.

Varun Sridhar, CEO of Paytm Money, said, "LIC pulled off the biggest IPO in the history of Indian Capital markets, with more than 7 million applications."