In the last year, foreign investors have never withdrawn as much money from the stock market in the month of August in the month of August. The special thing is that foreign investors have done the biggest selling in the stock market in the last 6 months. On the other hand, after about 6 years in the month of August, foreign investors have withdrawn money from the stock market. The biggest reason for this selling is believed to be 50 percent of the American tariffs on India.
Due to which India is expected to lose more than $ 50 billion from exports in America. This is the reason why foreign investors have started selling from India’s stock market. Experts believe that until no positive report on tariff comes, selling can continue from foreign investors. Let us also tell you how much money has been withdrawn from the stock market from foreign investors in the month of August.
How many withdrawn money was withdrawn in August?
Foreign investors withdrew Rs 34,993 crore from Indian stock markets in August, which was the fastest selling in the last six months. The selling was caused by US fee and expensive domestic evaluation on Indian exports. This figure was almost double the selling of Rs 17,741 crore in July. According to depository data, by 2025, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have sold a total of Rs 1.3 lakh crore in equity. Market experts believe that the selling was both due to both global and domestic factors. Joint Director of Morningstar Investment Himanshu Srivastava said that up to 50 percent of the US fee on Indian exports affected the market notion. He further said that in the June quarter, the income of companies in some major areas was less than expectations, which strengthened the selling.
The biggest Bawwali of 6 months
The special thing is that in the month of August, the selling of foreign investors is considered to be the biggest selling of the last 6 months. The last time foreign investors had withdrawn more than 30 thousand crores in the month of February. According to NSDL data, foreign investors had sold Rs 34,574 crore in the month of February. Now the month of August has become the second largest month of selling of foreign investors in the current year. In the month of January, foreign investors withdrawn Rs 78,027 crore, which remains the biggest month of selling in the current year. From March to June i.e. in 3 months, foreign investors made a good purchase in the stock market. During this time foreign investors had invested Rs 38,673 crore. Whereas in the current year, foreign investors have withdrawn Rs 1,30,635 crore.
FPI withdraws money in August after 2019
Looking at the NSDL data, foreign investors have sold in the month of August after 2019. That year, foreign investors had withdrawn Rs 17,592 crore from the stock market. Surprisingly, till then there was no mark of Kovid in the world. Whereas in the first year of Kovid i.e. August 2020, foreign investors invested Rs 47,080 crore in India’s stock market. In August 2021, the same investment was increased to Rs 2083 crore, Rs 51,204 crore in August 2022, Rs 12,262 crore in August 2023 and Rs 7,320 crore in August 2024. Experts believe that the month of August is always the month of monsoon. During this time, the stock market continues to rise. For this reason, the flow of foreign investors is also seen.
The biggest decline of 20 years
By the way, since the last 20 years i.e. 2005, foreign investors have sold in the stock market for only 8 times in the month of August. The biggest thing in this is that the year 2025 has been the largest selling year. This means that in 20 years, such a huge selling has never been seen in any year. Apart from 2025 and 2019, foreign investors have sold a lot in the stock market in the month of August in 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2008 and 2007. It can be explained that in the last 20 years, in the month of August, foreign investors have made most of the investment.