Foreign institutional investors became buyers in the cash market on Tuesday, while they remained net sellers in index options, stock options, index futures and stock futures.
FIIs In Cash Market
Overseas investors remained net buyers of Indian equities on Tuesday for the second consecutive session, while domestic institutional investors turned net buyers after a day of selling.
Foreign portfolio investors bought stocks worth approximately Rs 1,286 crore, while the DIIs mopped up stocks worth Rs 605.8 crore, according to provisional data shared by the National Stock Exchange.
In December so far, the foreign institutional investors have mopped up Rs 13,943.8 crore worth of equities, while the DIIs purchased Rs 750.2 crore worth of equities.
In November, the FPIs sold stocks worth Rs 45,974.1 crore and the DIIs mopped up stocks worth Rs 44,483.9 crore. In October, the FPIs had sold equities worth Rs 1.14 lakh crore, and the DIIs bought equities worth Rs 1.07 lakh crore.
In 2024, foreign institutions have been net sellers of Rs 9,248 crore worth of Indian equities so far, according to data from the National Securities Depository Ltd., updated till the previous trading day.
FIIs In Futures And Options
Ahead of the Dec. 24 expiry, the value of outstanding positions — also called open interest in the derivatives segment — has decreased for the FIIs in Nifty futures. The FIIs' long-to-short ratio in index futures remains at 43%:57%.
The FIIs sold index futures worth Rs 565 crore, index options worth Rs 16,705 crore, stock futures worth Rs 1,899 crore, and stock options worth Rs 3,680 crore.
FII Contract Value
The value of the total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market decreased by Rs 291 crore at the end of November expiry from Rs 27,857 crore a day earlier to Rs 27,723 crore.
F&O Cues
The Nifty November futures were down by 0.04% to 24,684 at a premium of 74 points, with the open interest down by 0.43%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Dec. 12 expiry series indicated most activity at 26,000 call strikes, with the 24,000 put strikes having maximum open interest.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors fell to 1.15 from 1.22 in the earlier session.
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