Foreign portfolio investors turned net sellers of Indian equities on Monday, snapping a two-session buying streak. Overseas investors net sold shares worth Rs 787.6 crore, according to the provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
Domestic institutional investors stayed net sellers and offloaded equities worth Rs 3,383 crore, the data showed. This was their third consecutive session of selling.
The FPIs have mopped up shares worth Rs 14,590 crore so far in June, as per NSDL data. They bought equity worth Rs 19,860 crore in May and Rs 4,223 crore the month prior.
Overall, in 2025 so far, the FPIs have net sold equities worth Rs 77,901 crore.
Indian benchmark equity indices closed with losses on Monday, led by share prices of Tata Consumer Ltd. and Axis Bank Ltd.
The NSE Nifty 50 ended 120.75 points, or 0.47% lower at 25,517.05, while the BSE Sensex closed 452.44 points, or 0.54% down at 83,606.46. During the day, Nifty fell 0.64% to trade at 25,473.30 and Sensex declined 0.69% to 83,482.13.
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