Your Guide To FII Positions For Jan. 7 Trade

Foreign institutional investors stayed net sellers for the second straight session on Monday. They were net sellers in the cash market and stock futures, while they were net buyers in index futures, index options, and stock options.

FIIs In Cash Market

Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers for the second straight session on Monday and sold stocks worth approximately Rs 2,575.1 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.

Domestic institutional investors stayed buyers for the 14 consecutive sessions and bought stocks worth Rs 5,749.7 crore.

So far in January, the FPIs have sold shares worth Rs 7,160 crore, according to the National Securities Depository Ltd.

Through 2024, overseas investors have been net sellers and collectively offloaded stocks worth Rs 7,078.3 crore, according to data from NSDL compiled by NDTV Profit. The DIIs stayed net buyers through the year and bought stocks worth Rs 8,282.8 crore.

However, according to data from the NSDL, which is updated till the previous trading day, foreign institutions have been net buyers of Rs 2,874.4 crore worth of Indian equities so far in 2024.

In November, the foreign investors sold shares worth Rs 14,465 crore, NSDL data showed.

FIIs In Futures And Options

Ahead of the Jan. 25 expiry, the value of outstanding positions—also called open interest in the derivatives segment—has decreased for the FIIs in the Nifty futures. The FIIs' long-to-short ratio in index futures remains at 18%:82%.

The FIIs bought index options worth Rs 27,643.63 crore and stock options worth Rs 1300.52 crore, index futures worth Rs 241.85 crore while they and sold stock futures worth Rs 2142.96 crore.

FII Contract Value

The value of the total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market decreased Rs 870 crore at the end of January expiry from Rs 30,377 crore a day earlier to Rs 29,507 crore.

F&O Cues

The Nifty January futures were down by 1.5% to 23,730 at a premium of 114 points, with the open interest down by 1.34%.

The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Jan. 9 expiry series indicated most activity at 25,000 call strikes, with the 21,850 put strikes having maximum open interest.

Long-Short Ratio

The total long-short ratio for foreign investors fell to 1.30 from 1.29 in the previous session.