Foreign portfolio investors turned net sellers of Indian shares on Monday after a session as they offloaded stocks worth Rs 1,732.8 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
The domestic institutional investors, who remained buyers for the 11th straight session, bought stocks worth Rs 3,555.4 crore.
The FPIs have sold shares worth Rs 4,742 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 82,643 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.
The benchmark equity indices snapped three sessions of losses on Monday as shares of ICICI Bank Ltd. and HDFC Bank Ltd. led the gains.
The NSE Nifty 50 ended 122.3 points or 0.49% higher at 25,090.7, while the BSE Sensex gained 442.61 points or 0.54% to close at 82,200.34.
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