Foreign Investors Sold Indian Shares at Rs 145 Crore Every Trading Hour in 2025
Picture this: foreign investors treating the Indian stock market like a bad curry at a buffet—spitting it out at a blistering Rs 145 crore per trading hour in 2025, totaling over Rs 2.23 lakh crore dumped faster than you can say 'FII flight.' It's like they're playing hot potato with Nifty shares while domestic players sip chai and buy the dip, turning what could be a market meltdown into a quirky tug-of-war where DIIs flex their SIP-fueled muscles.[1][6] Yet, amid the exodus, FPIs still sprinkled Rs 67,000 crore into IPOs, proving India's growth story isn't totally soured—just temporarily spiced with rupee woes and global jitters.[1]
Digging deeper, this selling spree—net sellers on 141 of 234 days—stems from rupee depreciation, rich valuations versus cheaper emerging peers, and US trade deal delays, making 2025 the second-worst year for foreign flows since the 2008 crisis.[2][3] December alone saw Rs 15,959–17,955 crore outflows, but resilient benchmarks held thanks to DIIs absorbing Rs 39,965 crore, signaling India's maturing equity ecosystem.[1][4] Experts like VK Vijayakumar predict earnings growth will lure FPIs back by FY27, as sustained selling against a booming economy is a loser's bet.[1]
