Look at the FII DII data today and October 2026 reads like a rerun: foreign investors sell Indian shares, and domestic institutions quietly buy whatever they dump. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have pulled ₹44,166 crore out of Indian equities so far this month, going by NSDL data reported by The Times of India.
That pushes FPI outflows for 2026 beyond ₹3 lakh crore. Put that next to the whole of 2025, when roughly ₹1.7 lakh crore left, and the scale of this year’s exit is hard to miss.
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FII DII data today: the latest provisional numbers
The freshest provisional cash-market data from the exchanges, as we write this, is for Friday, October 9, 2026:
- FIIs/FPIs: net sellers to the tune of ₹3,568.90 crore.
- DIIs: net buyers of roughly ₹4,743 crore.
BusinessLine reported that this made it 11 sessions in a row of FII selling. For the week, FII outflows added up to ₹35,556 crore.
NSDL’s report dated October 12 picks up custodian-confirmed FPI trades from the previous trading day(s). It shows a net equity outflow of ₹3,252.23 crore through the stock exchange route (NSDL’s daily FPI report). We’ll add Monday’s (October 12) numbers to our Stock Market Today India hub once they’re confirmed.
October so far: month-to-date flows
Up to October 9, NSDL data show FPIs took ₹44,166 crore out of Indian equities in October. That comes on top of a ₹35,861 crore net outflow in September, The Times of India reported. BusinessLine pegged FII outflows for the week to October 9 at ₹35,556 crore, and DIIs kept soaking up the selling.
One caveat. NSDL builds its figures from custodian reports, so they won’t always match the exchanges’ same-day provisional numbers.
Why foreign investors are selling
Analysts keep coming back to three pressures:
- Crude oil: India imports most of its crude, so pricier oil hurts.
- A firmer US dollar and higher US bond yields: both make emerging-market stocks look less appealing.
- Competition for capital: the AI-led rally in North Asian markets is pulling foreign money elsewhere.
V K Vijayakumar of Geojit Investments told BusinessLine that external headwinds are currently outweighing domestic tailwinds. His view is that FIIs will keep selling in the near term while DIIs absorb the supply. The same TOI report has the Nifty down about 13.9% year-to-date in 2026.
What it means for the market
Steady FII selling shows up in prices. It drags on the large caps foreigners hold in size, think private banks and IT, and it leans on the rupee too. Our rupee vs dollar update for October 12 covers that side.
What has kept this from becoming a rout is consistent DII buying, much of it funded by mutual fund SIP inflows. But the cushion has limits, as Monday’s 548-point fall in the Sensex showed. More on that in why the market is down today.
Over the coming week, keep an eye on Wipro and other Q2 results, CPI inflation data, crude and US yields. If FII selling pauses, that would be the first real hint of a turn in sentiment.
How to read this data
The provisional data is the exchanges’ same-day estimate; NSDL publishes the final, audited FPI numbers later. A single day can be noisy. We’d rather track the trend over a week or a month, and look at FII and DII flows together.
Sources: exchange provisional data as reported by The Hindu BusinessLine (October 9 session); NSDL via The Times of India; NSDL’s daily FPI report. Figures are in rupees crore.
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