For the last 6 years, the stock market has generally seen a downward trend in the month of January. In the last 10 years, Nifty has been in loss in January on 7 occasions. This decline was mainly seen due to heavy selling by foreign investors (FII). Foreign investors have been net sellers 6 times between 2015 and 2024. Nifty’s average return in January in the last 10 years has been 0.38%. Foreign investors withdrew money in January in the last 3 years
In the last 3 years, FIIs withdrew Rs 87,899 crore from the Indian stock market in January. Earlier, FIIs were also net sellers in January 2016, 2017 and 2019. However, they had bought Indian shares in January 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2021. Domestic institutions increased investment in 7 out of 10 years
Domestic Institutional Investors (DII) were buyers on 7 out of 10 occasions in January. In the last 3 years, they have invested Rs 87,899 crore in January. However, they were net sellers in January of 2015, 2020 and 2021. At the same time, they bought in January for 4 years from 2016 to 2019. Sensex up 400 points on the first day of the year, Nifty up 100 points
The stock market is seeing a rise today on the first day of the year (January 1). Sensex is trading at 78,650 level with a gain of about 400 points. At the same time, Nifty is also up by more than 100 points, it is trading at the level of 23,750 points. During early trade, 25 of the 30 Sensex stocks are trading higher and 5 are trading lower. Auto and IT stocks are trading higher today. Energy and metal stocks are trading lower. Equity investors increased by 27% in 2024
2024 has been a great year for new investors. During this period, the market created many records. Last year, retail investors grew 27% year-on-year to reach close to 11 crores. The number of investors in Maharashtra and UP crossed 1 crore for the first time. However, the participation of women investors was not as expected. Their share in the total investors was just 24%, which was 23% in the year 2023. The total market cap of companies listed in the market was Rs 438.9 lakh crore (5.13 trillion dollars). It was Rs 361.1 lakh crore last year. That is, the market cap of listed companies increased by 21.5%.
