Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers of Indian equities for the 16th straight session on Friday. They were also net sellers of index options and remained buyers of index futures, stock options and futures.
FIIs In Cash Market
Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers of Indian equities for the 16th straight session on Friday as they sold stocks worth Rs 2,758.5 crore.
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The domestic institutional investors, on the other hand, were net buyers for the 27th consecutive session as they mopped up equities worth Rs 2,402.3 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
So far in January, the FPIs have sold equities worth Rs 64,156 crore, according to the National Securities Depository Ltd.
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 20%:80%.
The FIIs bought index futures worth Rs 303.22 crore and sold options worth Rs 12,745.1 crore. They also bought stock options worth Rs 332.2 crore and futures worth Rs 188.33 crore.
FII Contract Value
The value of the total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market decreased by Rs 1,191.48 crore at the end of January expiry from Rs 31,724.82 crore a day earlier to Rs 30,533.34 crore.
F&O Cues
The Nifty January futures were down by 0.64% to 23,114 at a premium of 21.8 points, with the open interest down by 3.13%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Jan. 30 expiry series indicated most activity at 24,000 call strikes, with the 22,000 put strikes having maximum open interest.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors rose to 1.12 from 1.16 in the previous session.
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