Foreign portfolio investors turned net sellers of Indian equities on Wednesday after a session of buying. They were buyers of index futures and options, and stock futures and options.
FIIs In Cash Market
The FPIs turned net sellers of Indian equities on Wednesday after a session of buying as they net offloaded stocks worth approximately Rs 1,881.3 crore.
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During the trading session on Tuesday, the FPIs were net buyers of equities worth Rs 4,786.6 crore.
Domestic institutional investors stayed net buyers for the 11th straight session as they net bought equities worth Rs 1,957.7 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
FIIs In Futures And Options
Ahead of the Feb. 27 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 16:84.
The FIIs sold index futures and options worth Rs 183.3 crore and Rs 1,924.1 crore respectively. They bought stock futures and options worth Rs 724.9 crore and approximately Rs 1,253 crore.
FII Contract ValueÂ
The value of the total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market decreased by Rs 290.5 crore at the end of February expiry from Rs 38,549 crore a day earlier to Rs 38,258.5 crore.
F&O Cues
The Nifty February futures were down 0.10% to 22,950 at a premium of 31.6 points, with the open interest down 0.72%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Feb. 20 expiry series indicated most activity at 23,500 call strikes, with the 22,500 put strikes having the maximum open interest.
Long-Short Ratio Â
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors rose to 1.21 from 1.20.
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