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FPIs Withdraw ₹48,056 Cr From Equities in October so Far Amid Elevated Crude Oil Prices

Selling eased late in the month as FPIs turned net buyers on two days, but October outflows still reached ₹48,056 crore, CDSL data showed.

  • Foreign Portfolio Investors have withdrawn ₹48,056 crore from Indian equities in October so far, driven by elevated crude oil prices and escalating West Asia tensions.
  • Dheeraj Gaur, Chief Investment Strategy Officer at Choice Wealth, linked the selling to crude oil prices surging to around $114 per barrel amid weak corporate earnings and domestic liquidity uncertainty.
  • Last week, FPIs significantly moderated selling and turned net buyers on two trading days. Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Investments Ltd., attributed this to American bond yields easing from 5.36% to around 5%.
  • Cumulative outflows from Indian equities in 2026 reached ₹3.08 lakh crore according to Central Depository Services Ltd , though steady inflows from SIPs have cushioned the selling pressure.
  • Pabitro Mukherjee, Deputy Vice President-Research at Bajaj Broking, noted market participants will track Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan decisions alongside Brent crude movements and developments in Iran and Russia-Ukraine conflicts.
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New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) With the price of crude oil benchmark Brent crude remaining above $100 per barrel, foreign investors are selling heavily in the Indian market and are continuously withdrawing money from equities, an analyst said on Sunday. The total selling by FPIs (Foreign Portfolio Investors) in October so far has been Rs 53,337 crore. However, during this period, FPIs have invested Rs 5,281 crore in the Indian IPO market. Dr. V.K., Ch…

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Live Mint broke the news in New Delhi, India on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
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