Foreign portfolio investors turned net sellers of Indian shares on Friday after two days as they offloaded stocks worth Rs 5,104.2 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
The domestic institutional investors, who remained buyers for the third straight day, net bought stocks worth Rs 3,558.6 crore.
The FPIs have bought shares worth Rs 3,839 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 74,062 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.
The Indian benchmark equity indices continued to fall for the third straight session on Friday, dragged by share prices of HDFC Bank Ltd., Reliance Industries Ltd. and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
The NSE Nifty 50 ended 205.4 points or 0.81% lower at 25,149.85, while the BSE Sensex closed 689.81 points, or 0.83% down at 82,500.47.
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