Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers of Indian equities for the second straight day on Thursday. They were also sellers in index futures and stock futures and options while they turned buyers of index options.
FIIs In Cash Market
Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers of Indian equities for the second straight day on Thursday as they sold stocks worth approximately Rs 3,549.95 crore.
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Domestic institutional investors stayed net buyers for the second straight session as they mopped up equities worth Rs 2,721.7 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
The FPIs sold stocks worth Rs 1,682.8 crore on Wednesday.
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 decreased for foreign institutional investors in the Nifty futures. The FIIs' long-to-short ratio in index futures remains at 16%:84%.
The FIIs sold index futures worth Rs 1,221.53 crore and bought options worth Rs 12,436.24 crore. They sold stock futures and options worth Rs 6,460.87 crore and Rs 1,544.66 crore, respectively.
FII Contract ValueÂ
The value of the total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market increased by Rs 273.67 crore at the end of February expiry from Rs 39,493.83 crore a day earlier to Rs 39767.50 crore.
F&O CuesÂ
The Nifty February futures were down 0.28% to 23,706.90 at a premium of 103.55 points, with the open interest up by 1.05%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Feb. 13 expiry series indicated most activity at 25,500 call strikes, with the 22,500 put strikes having maximum open interest.
Long-Short Ratio Â
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors rose to 1.22 from 1.13 in the previous session.
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