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Below the Quote on FII flows 17.01.2026 from Dr. VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Investments Limited 

"The sustained selling by FIIs continued for the week ending on 16th January. The total FII selling for January up to 16th stood at Rs 22529 crores. This month FIIs were sellers on all days except one. The underperformance of India vis-a-vis other major markets is continuing in early 2026 also. YTD return from Nifty stands at -1.73 %. 

A significant feature of the market behaviour in 2025 was that India’s tepid performance last year ( Nifty return of only 10%) was despite the massive DII investment of Rs 7.44 lakh crores, which completely eclipsed the total FII selling of Rs 166283 crores. The  principal reason for this tepid performance was the poor earnings growth and the consequent elevated valuations in India. The continuing suspense over the US-India trade agreement also impacted the sentiments.

Now it appears that the FII selling trend may continue until some positive triggers for a market rally happens. The AI trade which dominated stock market trend in 2025 is continuing in early 2026 also. A reversal of this trend might happen sometime in 2026."

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