A 19.2x Nifty is cheap in rupees. In dollars, the hurdle is 13–15%
Foreign funds pulled roughly Rs 3 lakh crore out of Indian equities in 2026, with about Rs 36,000 crore of that leaving in September alone. Those are the numbers in a widely shared post on X by Vivek Khatri (@CaVivekkhatri), whose argument runs in one direction: the Nifty is cheap in rupees and expensive in dollars.
The post's snapshot: Nifty PE near 19.2, the rupee near 96.3, the US 10-year Treasury at 5.28%. Individually, those look calm. Over a year, they do not.
According to the post, the rupee is down about 8.5% over the year, about 7% in 2026, and almost 10% in the last financial year alone. The Nifty is down about 13% over the same stretch. Nifty IT is down about 27%.
"They still bought IPOs," the post says of foreign investors. "They sold the secondary market."
Put in position terms: a single-currency valuation is not a cushion if the currency itself is moving against you.
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