{"id":290465,"date":"2026-10-06T15:39:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/?p=290465"},"modified":"2026-10-06T15:39:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:09:40","slug":"fpi-selling-india-better-valued-record-outflow-2026-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/fpi-selling-india-better-valued-record-outflow-2026-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is FPI Selling Continuing as India Looks Better Valued? A Record Rs 2.7 Lakh Crore Exit in 2026, Valuations at 20.5 Times, the Dollar, Treasury Yields, the AI Trade and What Would Bring Foreign Money Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

FPIs sold about Rs 2.7 lakh crore (about $30 bn+) by 1 Oct, a record. Sept Rs 35,860 cr; 1 Oct Rs 9,232 cr. Nifty about 20.5x. US 10-yr 5.3%. DIIs absorb.<\/em><\/p>\n

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FPI selling has reached a record of about Rs 2.7 lakh crore, roughly $30 billion or more, in 2026 through 1 October, including Rs 35,860 crore in September and Rs 9,231.88 crore on 1 October alone, even though the Nifty has compressed to about 20.5 times trailing earnings, a level many investors consider attractive. Foreign investors are selling because India’s valuation is only one factor: US Treasury yields near 5.3%, a strong dollar, a rupee near 96, oil above $100 and a rotation into AI-linked Korea and Taiwan and a stimulated China outweigh a lower multiple. Lower-priced is not the same as attractive when earnings growth lags and currency losses eat dollar returns, and domestic institutions have absorbed most of the selling through SIP money. Foreign money is likely to return when US yields peak, the rupee stabilises and Indian earnings are upgraded.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

FPI selling has persisted through 2026 despite repeated calls that India is now better valued, a puzzle that Mint’s headline captured on 6 October. The selling has even continued after the rebound in other emerging markets earlier in the year.<\/p>\n

If you are wondering why foreign investors keep leaving, this article covers the size of the FPI outflow, including Rs 35,860 crore in September and Rs 9,231.88 crore on 1 October, what better valued really means for Nifty valuation, the global and domestic reasons such as the rupee and the rotation to Korea, how DIIs and SIP money absorbed it, what would bring foreign investors India has lost back and what it means for investors. Figures differ by data provider, so ranges are shown.<\/p>\n

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