Thursday, May 25, 2006

Panic?—FIIs Pulled Out Rs 5,439 crore

Today's FNO expiry took the markets up. Distressing as it might seem, late-night data release showed that FIIs pulled out an additional Rs 1,935 crore on May 24, taking the net sales for May to Rs 5,439 crore.

Merrill-Lynch released a report today saying that it was normal for FIIs to withdraw about $1 billion each from emerging markets. China, Korea and Indonesia have shown commensurate slides, indicating this. It also correlates with the fact that demand for dollars has gone up–FIIs are sending money back home. The dollar today was about Rs 45.70 per unit.

Yesterday's post had said that FIIs have been known to pull out about $800-$900 million in previous years in one month, usually May or October. If this is to hold good this time, then over the next 3-4 trading sessions we would expect them to buy back heavily. Remember that this is mere conjecture.

Nonetheless, if it happens, it will set us a benchmark for future corrections, and also force us to be cautious in October.

Among other things, the Dow and Nasdaq have started moving up, having been flat yesterday. US GDP data shows that the economy has slowed down enough to contain inflation, and Fed chairman, Bernanke may pause interest rate hike.

Posted by Eclectic Investor at 10:08 PM  

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