Foreign portfolio investors remained net buyers for the third straight session on Monday as they bought equities worth Rs 3,055.8 crore.
Domestic institutional investors turned net buyers of Indian equities after two sessions, mopping up equities worth Rs 98 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
On Friday, the FPIs net bought equities worth Rs 7,470.4 crore. So far in March, the FPIs have offloaded equities worth Rs 26,456 crore, according to the National Securities Depository Ltd.'s data.
In February, the FPIs net offloaded equities worth Rs 34,574 crore. 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 1.39 lakh crore, the NSDL data showed.
The benchmark equity indices extended its gains for the sixth straight session on Monday, the longest winning streak since September 2024.
The indices closed near a two-month high as the NSE Nifty 50 ended 307.95 points or 1.32% higher at 23,658.35, while the BSE Sensex closed 1,078.87 points or 1.4% up at 77,984.38.
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