New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Domestic investors have pumped Rs.5.79 trillion into the stock market until September-the highest inflow in the first nine months of a calendar year since 2009-despite equities delivering muted returns during the period.

From January to September, the Nifty 50 has returned just 4.09%, per Bloomberg.

In contrast, foreign investors have net sold Indian stocks worth Rs.1.5 trillion during the same period-slightly lower than their record sell-off of Rs.1.7 trillion in the corresponding period of 2022, as per National Securities Depositories Limited (NSDL), National Stock Exchange (NSE), and BSE.

"(Domestic) flows are primarily driven by steady SIP (systematic investment plan) inflows rather than volatile lump sum inve...