Foreign portfolio investors continued to remain net sellers of Indian equities for the eighth straight session on Monday as they net offloaded stocks worth approximately Rs 4,788.3 crore.
Domestic institutional investors stayed net buyers for the 18th straight session as they mopped up equities worth Rs 8,790.7 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
In the previous session, the FPIs had offloaded equities worth Rs 12,009.8 crore — the highest-ever selloff by the FPIs since Nov. 28. In February, the FPIs net offloaded equities worth Rs 34,574 crore, according to the National Securities Depository Ltd.'s data.
This was preceded by net selling of Rs 78,027 crore in January. In 2025 so far, they have net sold equities worth Rs 1.24 lakh crore, the NSDL data showed.
The benchmark equity indices ended Monday's session in the red, with the media, and oil and gas sectors declining the most.
The NSE Nifty 50 ended 5.4 points or 0.02% lower at 22,119.30, while the BSE Sensex closed 112.16 points or 0.15% down at 73,085.94. HDFC Bank Ltd., Reliance Industries Ltd., Axis Bank Ltd., Bajaj Auto Ltd. and Coal India Ltd. weighed on the index the most.
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