Key Highlights
- The benchmark 50-stock index has declined about 1% in the last four sessions on persistent foreign selling in light year-end trading volumes.
- "With most global markets either shut or operating in shortened sessions for New Year's Eve, intraday volatility is expected to remain compressed (on Wednesday)," said Ponmudi R, chief executive officer of Enrich Money.
- Foreign investors net sold Indian shares worth 38.44 billion rupees ($428.31 million) on Tuesday, according to provisional data.
- They have offloaded shares worth $18.5 billion in 2025 in a record year for outflows.
- This has led to a rare underperformance from Indian equities against emerging and Asian market peers in 2025, which analysts expect to reverse in 2026 as earnings growth picks up.
