The latest withdrawal comes following a net infusion of close to Rs 5,200 crore in the capital markets (both equity and debt) last month and Rs 2,300 crore in July.

The latest sell-off comes after foreign portfolio investors withdrew over Rs 61,000 crore from the capital markets in the last three months (April to June). Prior to that, overseas investors had infused Rs 2,661 crore in March.

Continuing their selling spree, foreign investors have pulled out nearly Rs 1,200 crore from the debt markets in the first two weeks of the month on higher fuel prices and possibilities of rate hike by the US Federal Reserve.

Often FIIs or FPIs have been blamed for the sudden crash in Indian markets when they have pulled out money citing greater returns for their investments outside the country. But it's the DIIs which have mostly cushioned the impact of FII selling by investing into equity and debt and minimising the losses to the financial Indian market.

Overseas investors poured in a staggering Rs 1.5 lakh crore in the Indian debt markets in 2017 on the back of higher bond yields and stable currency, after pulling out massive funds in the preceding year.

Foreign investors are flocking to the Indian capital markets in a big way with a net inflow of more than Rs 2 lakh crore of so-called 'hot money' in 2017, with equities alone getting over USD 8 billion - an amount bigger than the cumulative investment of the previous two years.

After two months of intense selling, foreign investors turned net buyers in October to invest over Rs 3,000 crore in stocks, enthused by the government's Rs 2.11 lakh crore bank recapitalisation plan.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPI) have pulled out more than Rs 7,300 crore from the equity markets this month so far as they flee to safe haven assets amid geopolitical tensions and some domestic concerns.

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