FIIs hold $717 billion worth of Indian stocks, but trim exposure across 56% of Nifty 500 companies. Where are they investing?
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· Economic Times Markets, ET Stocks
FIIs held $717 billion worth of Nifty 500 stocks in September 2026, with private banks accounting for the largest share of their investments. While foreign investors increased exposure to sectors such as healthcare, technology and automobiles, they trimmed holdings in 56% of Nifty 500 companies over the past year.
The analysis
Because the driver here is macro rather than company-specific, the read-through is to index-level positioning rather than to any single name — correlations tend to rise when the whole market faces the same signal.
Market context
- A market-wide development: it reaches beyond any single stock.
- Sectors in the story: Banks.
Banks
1M -3.4% · 3M -6.0%
Sector moves are the average of the stocks we track in each sector.
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