Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Foreign Investors’ Record June Selling Hits Indian Equities
Foreign investors sold a very large amount of shares in India on Friday.
They sold shares worth Rs 5,040 crore.
This was their biggest one-day sale since June 8, 2026.
The sale wiped out the money foreign investors had added to the market during August.
Indian institutions bought even more shares, worth Rs 5,184 crore, helping absorb much of the selling.
Two big share sales made up a large part of the foreign selling.
The Government of Singapore sold part of its holding in Ather Energy to Hero MotoCorp.
Alpha Wave Ventures also sold part of its holding in Lenskart Solutions to institutional investors and mutual funds.
Foreign portfolio investors sold Rs 5,040 crore of Indian equities on Friday, their highest single-day selling since June 8, 2026.
The selling erased the net FPI inflows recorded in August through August 28.
Domestic institutional investors bought Rs 5,184 crore of equities on Friday, taking their August purchases to Rs 53,679 crore.
The Government of Singapore sold a 3.01% stake in Ather Energy for Rs 1,758 crore, with Hero MotoCorp as the buyer.
Alpha Wave Ventures sold a 1.7% stake in Lenskart Solutions for Rs 1,857 crore, bought by institutional investors including the National Pension System Trust and mutual funds.
- Who
- Foreign portfolio investors, domestic institutional investors, the Government of Singapore, Alpha Wave Ventures, Hero MotoCorp, and institutional investors.
- What
- FPIs sold Rs 5,040 crore of Indian equities, while DIIs bought Rs 5,184 crore.
- When
- Friday; the monthly figures cited are through August 28, and the selling was the highest since June 8, 2026.
- Where
- The Indian equity market.
- Why
- Two major stake-sale transactions accounted for much of the FPI selling, while DIIs increased purchases and absorbed the shares.
- FPI sales on Friday
- Rs 5,040 crore
- DII purchases on Friday
- Rs 5,184 crore
- DII purchases in August
- Rs 53,679 crore through the reported period
- Singapore government transaction
- Sold 1.19 crore Ather Energy shares, or a 3.01% stake, for Rs 1,758 crore
- Alpha Wave Ventures transaction
- Sold 2.95 crore Lenskart Solutions shares, or a 1.7% stake, for Rs 1,857 crore
- Combined value of two transactions
- Rs 3,615 crore
- FPI trend through July
- FPIs were net sellers in every month through July, withdrawing Rs 3.5 trillion