Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have snapped a brutal selling streak in Indian equities, pumping nearly $3 billion into stocks over the month through July 15 after pulling out almost $20 billion in FY26. But the comeback is highly selective: financials, consumer services, healthcare, services and consumer durables attracted ₹42,532 crore, even as FIIs continued dumping autos, power and capital goods.
Financial services dominated the buying with net inflows of ₹16,609 crore, followed by consumer services at ₹10,442 crore. Healthcare attracted ₹5,536 crore, while services and consumer durables received ₹4,997 crore and ₹4,948 crore, respectively, shows NSDL data.
The five-sector tally exceeded the overall inflow because foreign investors simultaneously withdrew heavily from several parts of the market. Automobiles suffered the biggest one-month outflow at ₹8,260 crore, followed by power at ₹5,010 crore, capital goods at ₹4,099 crore, telecommunications at ₹3,174 crore and oil and gas at ₹2,531 crore.
