Foreign portfolio investors turned net buyers of Indian equities after two days of selling on Wednesday as they mopped up stocks worth Rs 2,201.79 crore, according to the provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
Domestic institutional investors stayed net buyers for the second straight day as they bought equities worth Rs 683.77 crore, the data showed.
The FPIs had sold shares worth Rs 10,016.1 crore on Tuesday, which was the sharpest single-day selloff since Feb. 28.
So far in May, the overseas investors have net bought shares worth Rs 17,000 crore.
Last month, the overseas investors had net bought shares worth Rs 4,223 crore, according to the National Securities Depository Ltd.'s data. This came after the FPIs were net sellers on a monthly basis in the first three months of 2025.
In March, they had net offloaded equities worth Rs 3,973 crore, which was significantly lower as compared to the net selling of equities worth Rs 34,574 crore in February. This was preceded by net selling of Rs 78,027 crore in January.
In 2025 so far, the FPIs have net sold equities worth over Rs 95,351 crore, the NSDL data showed.
Notably, the benchmark equity indices closed higher on Wednesday, breaking a three session losing streak.
The NSE Nifty 50 closed 129.55 points, or 0.52% higher at 24,813.5 and the BSE Sensex ended 410 points, or 0.51% up at 81,596. During the day, the Nifty gained 1.06% to 24,946, while the Sensex rose 1.03% to 82,021.
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