Foreign portfolio investors turned net sellers of Indian shares on Thursday after two days of buying as they offloaded stocks worth Rs 3,694.3 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
The domestic institutional investors, who remained buyers for the ninth straight session, bought stocks worth Rs 2,820.8 crore.
The FPIs have sold shares worth Rs 2,660 crore in July so far and Rs 14,590 crore in the previous month, as per National Securities Depositories Ltd. data. In 2025 so far, the FPIs have net sold equities worth Rs 80,561 crore.
In June, financial services stocks received the largest share of FPI inflows. The sector accounted for 61% of total FPI flows during the month, marking the fourth consecutive month of net buying, according to data available on NSDL.
India's benchmark equity indices pulled back on Thursday after two days of gains, weighed by heavyweights Infosys Ltd. and HDFC Bank Ltd.
The BSE Sensex lost 375.24 points or 0.45% to close at 82,259.24, while the NSE Nifty 50 ended 100.6 points or 0.4% lower at 25,111.45. The 50-stock gauge struggled to take out 25,200 due to call writing at that level on the weekly expiry day. Intraday, the index shed 0.44%.
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