New Delhi, March 14 (H.S.): In the domestic stock market, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) are persistently in a selling role this March as well. By the end of the trading session on Thursday, FIIs had sold shares worth ₹21,228 crore in March. However, as quickly as the FIIs are trying to create selling pressure in the stock market, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) are equally fast in making purchases. Due to these purchases by DIIs, despite facing a decline, the stock market has not reached a state of collapse so far. In March, domestic institutional investors have purchased shares worth ₹26,446 crore until now.
According to data from the depository, since the beginning of 2025, foreign institutional investors have been putting pressure on the Indian stock market through selling. This year, FIIs have sold shares worth a total of ₹1,64,245 crore. On the other hand, to support the market and invest at lower prices, DIIs have purchased shares worth ₹1,77,888 crore since the beginning of this year.
If we look only at the provisional data from the last trading day, i.e., March 13, foreign institutional investors and foreign portfolio investors had a net sale of shares worth ₹793 crore. Meanwhile, domestic institutional investors had a net purchase of shares worth ₹1,724 crore during this period. In the Thursday session, foreign investors purchased shares worth ₹11,601 crore while selling shares worth ₹12,394 crore. On the other hand, during the same period, domestic institutional investors bought shares worth ₹10,032 crore and sold shares worth ₹8,308 crore.
Market experts say that due to global market uncertainty and America’s tariff policy, foreign investors are continuously selling to remove their money, leading to selling pressure in the Indian stock market, just like other developing countries. Ravi Chandra Khurana, CEO of Khurana Securities and Financial Services, states that due to global market uncertainty, positive news is not having much impact on the market. Both India and the United States have seen a decrease in inflation figures. Furthermore, there are hopes that the US Federal Reserve may once again cut interest rates. Nonetheless, due to the prevailing atmosphere of fear at the global level, there is a continuous downward trend in the stock markets.
Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar
