Foreign portfolio investors stayed net buyers of Indian equities for the 12th straight session on Friday, as they bought stocks worth Rs 2,769.8 crore.
Domestic institutional investors remained buyers for the fifth session in a row, mopping up equities worth Rs 3,290.5 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
On Wednesday, the FPIs had bought equities worth Rs 50.6 crore. So far in April, they have net bought shares worth Rs 173 crore, according to the National Securities Depository Ltd.'s data.
In March, the overseas investors 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 Rs 1.12 lakh crore, the NSDL data showed.
India's benchmark equity indices ended holiday-shortened week higher on Friday, with the benchmark indices swinging to green after a day of decline. The NSE Nifty 50 closed 0.05% higher at 24,346.70 while the BSE Sensex ended 0.32% up at 80,501.99.
The indices have also logged a weekly gain, as the Nifty 50 had closed at 24,039.35 and Sensex settled at 79,212.53 in the week ended on April 25.
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