Foreign portfolio investors turned net buyers of Indian shares on Friday after a day as they mopped up stocks worth Rs 374.7 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
The domestic institutional investors, who remained buyers for the ninth straight session, bought stocks worth Rs 2,103.5 crore.
The FPIs have sold shares worth Rs 5,524 crore in July so far and Rs 14,590 crore in the previous month, as per National Securities Depositories Ltd. data. In 2025 so far, the FPIs have net sold equities worth Rs 83,425 crore.
In June, financial services stocks received the largest share of FPI inflows. The sector accounted for 61% of total FPI flows during the month, marking the fourth consecutive month of net buying, according to data available on NSDL.
India's benchmark equity indices logged a third consecutive session of losses on Friday, pulled down by banks and other financial stocks ahead of major earnings report from heavyweights Reliance Industries Ltd., HDFC Bank Ltd. and ICICI Bank Ltd.
The NSE Nifty 50 closed 143.05 points or 0.57% down at 24,968.4, while BSE Sensex ended 501.51 points or 0.61% lower at 81,757.73.
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