Foreign portfolio investors turned net sellers on Monday, offloading equities worth Rs 526 crore, according to the provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
Domestic institutional investors turned net sellers after a session of buying as they net sold equities worth Rs 237.9 crore, the data showed.
The FPIs bought Rs 5,746.5 crore on Friday. So far in May, the overseas investors have net bought shares worth Rs 26,103 crore.
Last month, the overseas investors had net bought shares worth Rs 4,223 crore, according to the National Securities Depository Ltd.'s data.
In March, they 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 over Rs 86,248 crore, the NSDL data showed.
The benchmark equity indices closed lower on Monday for the second consecutive session amid volatility in the stock markets following Moody's downgrade of the US by a notch.
The NSE Nifty 50 closed 74.35 points or 0.3% lower at 24,945.45 and the BSE Sensex ended 271.17 points or 0.33 down at 82,059.42. During the day, the Nifty fell 0.41% to 24,916.65, while the Sensex declined 0.44% to 81,964.57.
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