Foreign portfolio investors continued to stay net buyers of Indian equities for the eighth straight session on Friday as they obtained stocks worth Rs 2,952.3 crore.
Domestic institutional investors turned net buyers after three days of selling Indian equities, mopping up equities worth Rs 3,539.9 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
On Thursday, the FPIs had bought equities worth Rs 8,250.5 crore. So far in April, they have offloaded shares worth Rs 5,678 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 1.22 lakh crore, the NSDL data showed.
India's benchmark equity indices extended losses to the second day on Friday as investors pulled their money out on anticipation of escalation in tension between India and Pakistan.
The NSE Nifty 50 closed 207.35 or 0.86% down at 24,039.35, while the BSE Sensex ended 588.90 points or 0.74% lower at 79,212.53.
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