FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS & INDIAN CAPITAL MARKETS

ABSTRACT

An important feature of the development of capital market in India in the last 20 years has been the growing participation of Institutional Investors. Institutional investors comprise both foreign institutional investors and the domestic institutional investors. In India, these institutional investors manage large amount of funds which constitutes a significant share of the entire market capitalization. Impact of these investors especially FIIs in Indian capital market has been a matter of debate. FII investments seem to have influenced the Indian capital market to a considerable extent. This paper makes an attempt to understand whether there exists a relationship between FII and capital market returns in India. Here, will see the impact of FIIs movement on index prices through the analysis of historical investment of FIIs and historical prices of BSE SENSEX and NSE NIFTY.

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