FIIs pump ₹5,426 crore into equities in biggest buying since Oct 2025

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) returned to Dalal Street in a big way on Tuesday, snapping a prolonged selling streak with their largest single-day purchase since October 28, 2025, as optimism over the India–US trade deal fueled a sharp rally in equities.

As per exchange data, FIIs bought shares worth ₹5,426 crore in the cash market, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought shares to the tune of ₹345 crore.

The surge in foreign inflows came even as FIIs had offloaded equities worth ₹1,832.46 crore on Monday, while DIIs had purchased shares worth ₹2,446.33 crore.

	FII ₹ crore	DII ₹ crore
Date	Net Purchase / Sales	Net Purchase / Sales
Month till date	2,815.48	2,777.84
3-Feb-26	5,236.28	1,014.24
2-Feb-26	-1,832.46	2,446.33
1-Feb-26	-588.34	-682.73

Source: Moneycontrol

The renewed buying coincided with a blockbuster session for benchmark indices. The 30-share BSE Sensex soared 2,072.67 points, or 2.54%, to close at 83,739.13

— its best single-day gain in eight months. During intraday trade, it rallied as much as 4,205.27 points, or 5.14%, to touch 85,871.73.

The NSE Nifty jumped 639.15 points, or 2.55%, to settle at 25,727.55, after scaling an intraday high of 26,341.20.

Sentiment was buoyed after US President Donald Trump said Washington would cut reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from 25% following talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Export-oriented sectors such as textiles, leather, gems and jewellery, seafood and specialty chemicals also witnessed robust gains.