FPIs mount bearish bets as risk aversion grows

The long-short ratio of foreign portfolio investors (or FPIs’) Nifty futures bets fell to 35.4% on Friday, from about 56% a week ago. The long-short ratio in index futures is a measure of the number of bullish positions versus bearish. A low reading means foreign investors are bearish. The reading was 12.4% on February 28, 2020, when concerns over the spread of Covid had erupted.

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