Foreign institutional investors become buyers in the cash market on Monday. They remained net sellers in index options, stock options, and stock futures. However, FIIs were net sellers in index futures.
FIIs In Cash Market
Overseas investors turned net buyers of Indian equities on Monday after a day of selling, while domestic institutional investors turned net sellers after a day of buying.
Foreign portfolio investors bought stocks worth Rs 724.27 crore, while the DIIs sold stocks worth Rs 1,648.07 crore, according to provisional data shared by the National Stock Exchange.
In December so far, FIIs have mopped up Rs 12,657.86 crore worth of equities, whereas the DIIs purchased Rs 144.40 crore worth of equities.
In November, FPIs sold stocks worth Rs 45,974.1 crore, whereas 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 8,649 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 increased for the FIIs in Nifty futures.
The FIIs' long-to-short ratio in index futures remains at 45%:55%.
The FIIs bought index futures worth Rs 215 crore, whereas they sold index options worth Rs 3,100 crore, stock futures worth Rs 6,939 crore, and stock options worth Rs 4,332 crore.
FII Contract Value
The value of total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market decreased by Rs 291 crore at the end of November expiry—from Rs 28,148 crore a day earlier—to Rs 27,857 crore.
F&O Cues
The Nifty November futures were down by 0.34% to 24,698 at a premium of 79 points, with the open interest down by 0.68%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Dec. 12 expiry series indicated most activity at 26,000 call strikes, with the 21,600 put strikes having maximum open interest.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors fell to 1.22 from 1.31 in the earlier session.
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