{"id":26298,"date":"2026-05-19T15:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trending.niftytrader.in\/?p=26298"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:33:10","slug":"fiis-cut-overall-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niftytrader.in\/markets\/fiis-cut-overall-india\/","title":{"rendered":"FIIs Cut Overall India Exposure but Expand Investments Across 1,300 stocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreign institutional investors<\/a> (FIIs) may have reduced their overall stake in Indian equities, but they are investing across a much wider set of companies than before.<\/p>\n

According to ICICI Securities, foreign ownership in Indian equities has fallen from nearly 20% a decade ago to around 15% currently. Most of the decline happened after the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022.<\/p>\n

But despite the selling, FIIs have increased the number of Indian stocks where they hold more than a 1% stake \u2014 from around 900 companies in 2022 to nearly 1,300 stocks by March 2026.<\/p>\n

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FII Investment Trends in Indian Equities<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Why Foreign investors reduced their overall ownership in Indian equities<\/h2>\n

Foreign investors reduced their overall ownership in Indian equities mainly because of global macroeconomic uncertainty, better returns in US markets, rising geopolitical risks, and aggressive selling in large-cap stocks.<\/p>\n

Here are the key reasons behind the decline:<\/p>\n