Your Guide To FII Positions For Dec. 20 Trade
The FIIs sold index futures worth Rs 1,519 crore, index options worth Rs 78,122 crore, stock futures worth Rs 2,924 crore, and stock options worth Rs 195 crore.
Foreign institutional investors became sellers in the cash market on Thursday, and net sellers in index options, stock options, index futures and stock futures for the fourth day in a row.
FIIs In Cash Market
Overseas investors stayed net sellers for the fourth consecutive day and collectively offloaded stocks worth Rs 12,230.3 crore. Domestic institutional investors stayed net buyers for the third straight day.
The foreign portfolio investors offloaded stocks worth approximately Rs 4,224.9 crore on Thursday, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange. The DIIs bought stocks worth Rs 3,943.2 crore.
The FPIs have offloaded Rs 12,230 crore so far this week, while the DIIs have bought shares worth Rs 10,499.6 crore.
In December so far, the FPIs have offloaded stocks worth Rs 523.4 crore, while the DIIs have bought stocks worth Rs 15,172 crore.
In November, foreign investors sold shares worth Rs 45,974.1 crore, while the domestic institutional investors bought stocks worth Rs 44,483.9 crore.
Foreign institutions have been net buyers of Rs 7,563 crore worth of Indian equities so far in 2024, according to data from the National Securities Depository Ltd., updated till the previous trading day.
In addition, the FPIs pulled out Rs 4,896 crore from the debt general limit and invested Rs 607 crore from the debt Voluntary Retention Route so far in October.
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 32%:68%.
The FIIs sold index futures worth Rs 1,519 crore, index options worth Rs 78,122 crore, stock futures worth Rs 2,924 crore, and stock options worth Rs 195 crore.
FII Contract Value
The value of the total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market decreased by Rs 773 crore at the end of December expiry from Rs 26,557 crore a day earlier to Rs 25,784 crore.
F&O Cues
The Nifty December futures were down by 0.97% to 24,021 at a premium of 70 points, with the open interest down by 1.95%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Dec. 26 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 rose slightly to 1.07 from 1.05 in the earlier session.
