A significant reason behind the domestic market's decline has been the substantial selling by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in anticipation of the general election outcome.

The IPEF Clean Economy Investor Forum is a key initiative under the framework, bringing together top investors, financial institutions, innovative companies, startups, and entrepreneurs from the region. Its primary objective is to attract investments towards sustainable infrastructure, climate technology, and renewable energy projects.

Among the Sensex firms, Tata Steel jumped 6.46 per cent while JSW Steel climbed 4.46 per cent. Larsen & Toubro, Titan, IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, Maruti and Tata Motors were the other major gainers.

With this addition, mutual fund folios of the industry stood a shade away of 17 crore at 16.96 crore currently, a surge of 19 per cent from 14.28 crore registered a year earlier, latest data with the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) showed.