FII holding went up in these IT stocks despite marked decline in performance

Kolkata: Suffering from slow growth in the key western markets such as the US and EU, poor IT budget of clients, the swirling waters of artificial intelligence, the Indian information technology sector, usually a star performer, was marked as one of the poorly-performing sectors over the past year. It was also reflected in the bouts of selling by FIIs (foreign institutional investors). According to recent reports, the BSE IT index shows that foreign investors have reduced exposure in as many as 49 stocks -- 64% of the index constituents -- since Q3 of FY25. Significantly, in some of the stocks, FIIs have braved the poor performance and upped their stake during the period ended September 30, 2025. Let's have a look at the top stocks attracting FII buyers.

Hexaware Technologies: It is a midcap stock where FII holding surged by 5.37 percentage points to reach 8.31% in Q2FY26. The one-year returns of the stock is 8%.

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Cigniti Technologies: This is a smallcap stock. FII exposure to it went up by 3.63 percentage points to reach 11.88% at the end of Q2FY26 period. One-year returns: (-)4%

Affle 3i: This is a smallcap stock. FII holding went up by 2.53 percentage points to reach 19.02% in Q2FY26 period. One-year returns: (-)8%

Tata Technologies: In this prominent stock, FIIs raised their stake by 2.15 percentage points and cumulative holding of foreign investors reached 5.25% in Q2FY26. One-year returns: (-)30%

Mastek: This is a smallcap stock in which FIIs raised their cumulative stake by 1.84 percentage point to reach 11.24% in Q2FY26. One-year returns: (-)33%

Sagility India: This is a BPO firm which has clients in the US healthcare sector. FII stake went up by 1.82 percentage point to reach 5.59% in Q2FY26. One-year returns: 16%

Inventurus Knowledge Solutions: FII stake has gone up by 1.55 percentage point in this new company at the end of Q2FY26. Returns: 20% lower compared to the listing price of Rs 2,080.

Intellect Design Arena: FII stake rose by 1.32 percentage points and stood at 27.53% at the end of Q2FY26. One-year returns: 22%

Aurionpro Solutions: This is a smallcap stock. FII stake rose by 0.73 percentage point to reach 15.55% at the end of Q2FY26. One-year return: (-)37%

IRIS RegTech Solutions: Cumulative FII stake went up by 0.73 percentage point to reach 1.73% in Q2FY26 period. One-year returns: (-)35%

Innovana Thinklabs: It's a newly listed smallcap stock. The FII stake has gone up by 0.70 percentage point to reach 0.84% in Q2FY26. One-year returns: (-)5%