Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers for the first three trading days in April and sold shares worth Rs 29,300 crore, according to data on NSDL.
While FPIs stayed sellers for the 24th day, domestic institutional investors stayed net buyers for the 26th day as they bought shares worth Rs 8,089 crore.
Last week, FPIs offloaded total stake worth Rs 29,425 crore, while the DIIs bought stake worth Rs 29,275 crore. The spike in FPI selling came as the tensions in Middle East rose amid Iran war.
The FPIs have sold shares worth Rs 35,962 crore in January. On the other hand, FPIs in February have bought stake worth Rs 22,615 crore, aided by improving risk sentiment in the geoeconomic space. With the current crisis in perspective the FPIs have turned net sellers again in March. In the last month they sold equity worth Rs 1.18 lakh crore posting a month with the highest ever selling.
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In 2026 so far, the FPIs have net sold equities worth Rs 1.6 lakh crore.
Market Recap
India's benchmark equity indices ended sharply higher after volatile swings on Monday. The Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex reversed early losses to end more than 1% higher as strength in HDFC Bank and Axis Bank offset decline in Reliance Industries.
The Sensex closed 787 points or 1.07% higher at 74,106.85 and the Nifty gained 255 points or 1.12% to settle at 22,968.25. The gap between the Nifty's session low and high was 456 points, indicating high volatility.
On the sectoral front, oil and gas stocks declined the most on the NSE, while financial services, realty and PSU banks surged the most.
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