Your Guide To FII Positions For Feb. 4 Trade
Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers of Indian equities for the 22nd straight session on Monday. They were also net sellers of index futures and options and in stock futures and options.
FIIs In Cash Market
Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers of Indian equities for the 22nd straight session on Monday as they sold stocks worth approximately Rs 3,958.4 crore.
Domestic institutional investors were net buyers for the 33rd consecutive session as they mopped up equities worth Rs 2,708.2 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
The FPIs sold a stake worth Rs 1,189 crore on Friday. So far in January, the FPIs have sold equities worth Rs 78,027 crore and Rs 78,028 in 2025, according to the National Securities Depository Ltd.'s data.
FIIs In Futures And OptionsÂ
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 10%:90%.
The FIIs sold index futures worth Rs 1,667.29 crore and options worth Rs 21,659.5 crore. They sold stock futures and options worth Rs 1,512.19 crore and Rs 2,298.21 crore, respectively.
FII Contract Value
The value of the total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market decreased by Rs 1837.35 crore at the end of February expiry from Rs 41,984.4 crore a day earlier to Rs 40,147.05 crore.
F&O Cues Long-Short Ratio
The Nifty February futures were down 0.49% to 23,440 at a premium of 78.95 points, with the open interest down by 0.51%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Feb. 6 expiry series indicated most activity at 24,000 call strikes, with the 21,100 put strikes having maximum open interest.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors fell to 1.14 from 1.22 in the previous session.
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