Overseas investors have pulled out nearly 5,000 crore rupees so far in the current month after pouring in over 80,000 crore rupees in Indian debt securities in first seven months of 2014. In comparison, equity markets have seen a modest net inflow of about 100 crore rupees so far in August. The significant outflows this month have also brought down net investments by Foreign Institutional Investors , FIIs and Foreign Portfolio Investors, FPIs to 25.6 billion US dollars as on August 8, against more than 26 billion US dollars registered at the end of July. According to the latest data compiled by depositories, foreign investors made gross purchase of equities and debt securities worth over 33,351.67 crore rupees during August, as against a sale of about 38,215 crore rupees across the two segments — resulting into a net outflow of 4,863.35 crore rupees.
News On AIR | August 10, 2014 2:17 PM
FIIs pull out Rs 5,000 crore from debt securities this month