Chris Wood Said that there has been strong investment from mutual funds in India. This has given good support to the domestic equity market. If the market does not get support from mutual funds, then due to the selling of foreign investors this year, the Indian market would have broken by 20-30 percent.
Christopher Wood, an author of Equity Strategist Global Head and Greek and Fear Report in Jeffers, says Indian markets have been comparatively weak performance due to expensive valuation of domestic companies compared to other Asian markets. Due to this, there has been a ‘healthy consolidation’ in the market which can continue in the rest of 2025.
Strong investment from mutual funds gave support to the market
Chris Wood further said that there has been a strong investment from mutual funds in India. This has given good support to the domestic equity market. If the market did not get support from mutual funds, then due to the selling of foreign investors this year, the Indian market would have broken up to 20-30 percent.
During a conversation with CNBC-TV18 on 16 September, Chris Wood said that any solution of Trump Tariff imposed on India could boom in the market, but more important factor for the market would be a sign of growth in India’s nominal GDP next year.
Next year the market will be seen in the market
Chris Wood further said that the cuts in income tax in the Union Budget, reduction in interest rates and GST reforms will accelerate economic activities and the market will get a boom next year. In recent years, India’s nominal GDP has gained about 10-12 percent. During the first quarter of FY 2026, it saw an increase of 8.8 per cent, which is higher than expected.
August has been a 25th consecutive month in which domestic institutional investors have been Net Bair. In the first five months of FY 2026, there has been a net investment of $ 37.6 billion from them. In contrast, foreign institutional investors have been a net seller of $ 1.5 billion shares so far in this financial year. In July and August, he sold $ 6 billion. This selling has completely cleared all the investment of the last three months.
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