Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers of Indian equities for the ninth straight session on Monday as they offloaded stocks worth approximately Rs 3,937.8 crore.
Domestic institutional investors stayed net buyers for the ninth straight session as they mopped up equities worth Rs 4,759.8 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
The FPIs sold stocks worth Rs 4,294.7 crore on Friday. In February so far, the overseas investors have offloaded equities worth Rs 5,400.8 crore. In 2025 so far, the FPIs have sold equities worth Rs 1.04 lakh crore. In January, they offloaded stocks worth Rs 78,027 crore, according to the National Securities Depository Ltd.'s data.
India's benchmark equity indices hit pause on their longest losing streak in two years, as shares of HDFC Bank Ltd. and Reliance Industries Ltd. lent support. Pharma and metal stocks rallied while information technology and autos came under pressure.
The NSE Nifty 50 ended 30.25 points or 0.13% higher at 22,959.50, while the BSE Sensex closed 57.65 points or 0.08% up at 75,996.86. Intraday, the Nifty fell 0.89% to go under 22,800, while the Sensex lost 0.85% to dip below 75,300.
The positive start to the week comes after the previous one saw Nifty shed 2.8%, marking its worst weekly session since December 2024.
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