Your Guide To FII Positions For Dec. 12 Trade
The FIIs sold index futures worth Rs 130.84 crore, index options worth Rs 755 crore, stock futures worth Rs 1,852 crore, and stock options worth Rs 3,720 crore.
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Foreign institutional investors became sellers in the cash market on Wednesday, while they remained net sellers in index options, stock options, index futures and stock futures.
FIIs In Cash Market
Overseas investors turned net sellers of Indian equities on Wednesday after two consecutive days of selling, while domestic institutional investors remained net buyers for the second consecutive session.
Foreign portfolio investors offloaded stocks worth Rs 1,012.24 crore, while the DIIs mopped up stocks worth Rs 2,007.85 crore, according to provisional data shared by the National Stock Exchange.
In December so far, the foreign institutional investors have mopped up Rs 12,931.58 crore worth of equities, while the DIIs purchased Rs 2,758.04 crore worth of equities.
In November, the FPIs sold stocks worth Rs 45,974.1 crore, and the DIIs mopped up stocks worth Rs 44,483.9 crore. In October, the FPIs had sold equities worth Rs 1.14 lakh crore, and the DIIs bought equities worth Rs 1.07 lakh crore.
In 2024, foreign institutions have been net sellers of Rs 11,115 crore worth of Indian equities so far, according to data from the National Securities Depository Ltd., updated till the previous trading day.
FIIs In Futures And Options
Ahead of the Dec. 24 expiry, the value of outstanding positions — also called open interest in the derivatives segment — has increased for the FIIs in Nifty futures. The FIIs' long-to-short ratio in index futures remains at 43%:57%.
The FIIs sold index futures worth Rs 130.84 crore, index options worth Rs 755 crore, stock futures worth Rs 1,852 crore, and stock options worth Rs 3,720 crore.
FII Contract Value
The value of the total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market decreased by Rs 148 crore at the end of November expiry from Rs 27,723 crore a day earlier to Rs 27,575 crore.
F&O Cues
The Nifty December futures were up by 0.22% to 24,684 at a premium of 97 points, with the open interest down by 0.74%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Dec. 12 expiry series indicated most activity at 25,000 call strikes, with the 24,000 put strikes having maximum open interest.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors fell to 1.12 from 1.15 in the earlier session.
