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What will bring foreign investors back to Indian stock market? 5 things that should go right

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  • FPIs sold more than Rs 25,000 crore of Indian equities in September
  • Surging US bond yields, elevated crude prices and a weaker rupee reduced India’s appeal
  • Foreign selling weighs on Indian equities, especially FPI-heavy large-cap stocks

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Foreign investor flows in Indian equities

Bernstein expects foreign institutional investor flows to remain flat to modestly positive over the next 12 months, while reports say foreign investors withdrew about $40 billion from Indian equities over two years. NSE chief Ashish Chauhan said withdrawals could reverse when the AI boom peaks; Barclays CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnan cited a possible shift of global capital outside the US as a route…

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