Your Guide To FII Positions For Jan. 2 Trade
The FIIs sold index futures worth Rs 767 crore and stock futures worth Rs 758.9 crore, while they bought index options worth Rs 12,311 crore and stock options worth Rs 22.38 crore.
Foreign institutional investors continued their selling streak in the cash market for the 12th consecutive session on Wednesday. They turned net sellers in index futures and stock futures, while they were net buyers in the stock options and index options.
FIIs In Cash Market
Foreign portfolio investors have been net sellers for the 12th straight session, while the domestic institutional investors have been buyers for the 11th consecutive session on Wednesday.
The FPIs offloaded stocks worth Rs 1,782.7 crore, while the DIIs bought stocks worth approximately Rs 1,690.4 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
Overseas investors were net sellers in 2024 and collectively offloaded stocks worth Rs 7,292.3 crore. Domestic institutional investors stayed net buyers and bought stocks worth Rs 5.32 lakh crore, according to provisional data from the NSE compiled by NDTV Profit
However, according to data from the National Securities Depository Ltd., which is updated till the previous trading day, foreign institutions have been net buyers of Rs 427 crore worth of Indian equities so far in 2024.
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 14%:86%.
The FIIs sold index futures worth Rs 767 crore and stock futures worth Rs 758.9 crore while they bought index options worth Rs 12,311 crore and stock options worth Rs 22.4 crore.
FII Contract Value
The value of the total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market increased Rs 73 crore at the end of January expiry from Rs 31,640 crore a day earlier to Rs 31,713 crore.
F&O Cues
The Nifty January futures were up by 0.42% to 23,907 at a premium of 165 points, with the open interest down by 0.16%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Jan. 2 expiry series indicated most activity at 24,500 call strikes, with the 23,000 put strikes having maximum open interest.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors fell slightly at 1.45 from 1.47 in the previous session.
