Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pulled out ₹60,847 crore from Indian markets in April 2026, pushing total outflows for the first four months of the year to ₹1.92 lakh crore. That is a substantial exit in a short period, and it puts pressure on both equity valuations and the rupee. FPIs are foreign funds and institutions that invest in a country's stocks and bonds without taking direct business control. When they sell heavily, it drains liquidity from the market. Market participants pointed to two broad drivers: global macroeconomic headwinds and elevated geopolitical risks. Both forces tend to push international money toward safer assets, away from emerging markets like India. The scale of outflows over just four months signals that the selling is not a short-term blip. Investors will be watching whether domestic institutional buying can offset FPI pressure and whether global risk sentiment stabilises in May.
Indian startups raised $5.2 billion across 501 deals in H1 2026, down 9% in value but up 7% in deal count year-on-year, per the Inc42 Indian Tech Startup Funding Report. The drop is driven by fewer mega-rounds, while AI funding surged 317% and growth-stage deal activity hit a multi-year high.
The BSE Sensex fell 893 points and the Nifty 50 shed 279 points on June 30, 2026, wiping out roughly Rs 6 lakh crore in investor wealth in a single session. Both indices dropped 1.16%, closing at 76,200.68 and 23,824.10 respectively.
Kotak Mahindra Bank shares fell nearly 3% to Rs 397.6 after CEO Ashok Vaswani announced plans to exit the bank. Investor concern now centres on succession timing and whether the bank's ongoing digital and deposit-growth strategy will stay on track.
South Korea's Kospi dropped 3% at Monday's open while Japan's Nikkei fell 1%, as escalating US-Iran conflict triggered a broad risk-off move across Asian markets. South Korea's heavy reliance on Middle East oil imports makes it especially vulnerable to geopolitical shocks of this kind.
