Companies Raise ₹58K Cr From Overseas Capital Market in FY25

28.5% rise driven by lower hedging cost, demand for high-yield papers

- SUBRATA PANDA

Indian companies have raised around ₹58,000 crore from overseas capital markets in the recently concluded financial year (FY25).

This was driven by a decline in hedging costs and strong demand for high-yield Indian papers among global investors.

According to data from Primedatabase, domestic companies have raised ₹57,815 crore in FY25, up 28.5 per cent from FY24, where the domestic companies raised ₹45,007 crore. In FY23, Indian companies raised ₹15,592 crore from the same route.

However, in FY22 and FY21, the amount raised by Indian companies from overseas capital markets was significantly higher. In FY22, they raised over ₹99,000 crore, and in FY21, they mopped up around ₹66,000 crore.