after turning net buyers last month foreign investors have become aggressive shoppers of indian equities and have invested rs 22452 crore in the first two weeks of august amid softening inflation concerns this was way higher than a net investment of nearly rs 5000 crore by foreign portfolio investors fpis in the entire month of july data with depositories showed fpis had turned net buyers for the first time in july after nine straight months of massive net outflows which started in october last year between october 2021 till june 2022 fpis sold rs 246 lakh crore in the india equity markets advt going forward foreign fund inflow is expected to improve in the emerging markets on account of fading concerns of rising inflation and tightening of monetary policy by central banks shrikant chouhan head equity research retail kotak securities said according to official figures indias retail inflation softened to 671 per cent in july due to moderation in food prices but remained above the reserve banks comfort level of 6 per cent for the seventh consecutive month us inflation slowed down from a 40year high in june to 85 per cent in july on lower gasoline prices indicating that the us fed might be less aggressive in hiking interest rates as long as energy prices remain low and there are no surprises from the war zone foreign flow is likely to continue vijay singhania chairman at tradesmart said brent crude futures the global oil benchmark is hovering around usd 98 per barrel according to data with depositories fpis infused a net amount of rs 22452 crore in indian equities during august 112 the sentiments in the equity market have turned bullish due to sustained buying by fpis depreciation in dollar dollar index declined from above 109 during late july to around 10526 on august 12th is the primary driver of capital flows to emerging markets vk vijayakumar chief investment strategist at geojit financial services said advt india is a preferred destination since the country has the best growth prospects among large economies of the world he added kotak securities chouhan attributed the positive inflow to lowering of concerns over rising inflation also decent first quarterly earnings aided the market sentiment falling energy prices and softening of inflation improved sentiment that helped in fpis buying tradesmarts singhania said fpis have turned buyers in sectors like autos capital goods fmcg and telecom they continued to sell in it in addition fpis poured a net amount of rs 1747 crore in the debt market during the period under review apart from india flows were positive in indonesia south korea and thailand while it was negative for philippines and taiwan during the period under review pti published on aug 14 2022 at 1214 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this