Foreign portfolio investors remained net sellers of Indian equities for the 16th straight session on Thursday as they net offloaded stocks worth Rs 792.90 crore.
Domestic institutional investors, on the other hand, stayed net buyers for the 26th straight session as they net bought equities worth Rs 1,723.82 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
The net selling by FPIs was lower as compared to Wednesday, when they had offloaded stocks worth Rs 1,627.61 crore.
Notably, in February, the overseas investors had 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, the overseas investors have net sold equities worth Rs 1.42 lakh crore, the NSDL data showed.
The benchmark equity indices ended a holiday-shortened week lower on Thursday, with the NSE Nifty 50 extending the fall for the second day and the BSE Sensex declining for the fourth straight day.
The Nifty ended 73.30 points or 0.33% lower at 22,397.20, while the BSE Sensex closed 200.85 points or 0.27% down at 73,828.91 after they opened in the green.
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