Your Guide To FII Positions For Dec. 30 Trade
Foreign institutional investors continued their selling streak in the cash market for the ninth consecutive session on Friday. They turned net sellers in index futures, while they were net buyers in the stock options, index options, and stock futures.
FIIs In Cash Market
Overseas investors stayed net sellers for the ninth consecutive session and offloaded stocks worth Rs 1,323.29 crore on Friday, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
Domestic institutional investors stayed net buyers for the eighth straight session and bought stocks worth approximately Rs 2,544.64 crore on Friday.
Foreign investors have collectively offloaded stocks worth Rs 22,150.99 crore in the past nine sessions, whereas domestic investors bought shares worth Rs 23,035.9 crore in the last eight sessions.
In December so far, FPIs have net sold stocks worth Rs 10,444 crore, while the DIIs have been bet buyers of stocks worth approximately Rs 27,474 crore.
In November, foreign investors sold shares worth Rs 45,974 crore, while the domestic institutional investors bought stocks worth Rs 44,484 crore. In October, the FPIs had sold equities worth Rs 1.14 lakh crore, and the DIIs mopped up equities worth Rs 21,593 lakh crore.
Foreign institutions have been net buyers of Rs 1,656 crore worth of Indian equities so far in 2024, according to data from the National Securities Depository Ltd., updated till the previous trading day.
FIIs In Futures And Options
Ahead of the Jan. 25 expiry, the value of outstanding positions—also called open interest in the derivatives segment—has increased for the FIIs in the Nifty futures. The FIIs' long-to-short ratio in index futures remains at 17%:83%.
The FIIs sold index futures worth Rs 1,177 crore, while they bought index options worth Rs 19,659 crore, stock futures worth Rs 1,226 crore, and stock options worth Rs 817 crore.
FII Contract Value
The value of the total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market increased by Rs 1,359 crore at the end of January expiry from Rs 26,701 crore a day earlier to Rs 28,060 crore.
F&O Cues
The Nifty January futures were up by 0.34% to 24,000 at a premium of 187 points, with the open interest up by 4.77%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Jan. 2 expiry series indicated most activity at 25,000 call strikes, with the 21,600 put strikes having maximum open interest.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors remained at 1.33.
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