Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers of Indian equities for the 18th straight session on Tuesday as they sold stocks worth Rs 4,920.7 crore.
FIIs In Cash Market
Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers of Indian equities for the 18th straight session on Tuesday as they sold stocks worth Rs 4,920.7 crore.
The domestic institutional investors were net buyers for the 29th consecutive session as they mopped up equities worth Rs 6,814.3 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
So far in January, the FPIs have sold equities worth Rs 71,536 crore, according to the National Securities Depository Ltd.'s data.
FIIs In Futures, Options
Ahead of the Jan. 30 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 24%:76%.
The FIIs sold index futures worth Rs 489.3 crore and bought options worth Rs 4,221.7 crore. They also bought stock options worth Rs 226.7 crore and futures worth Rs 2,515.9 crore.
FII Contract Value
The value of the total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market decreased Rs 6,358.5 crore at the end of January expiry from Rs 26,968.3 crore a day earlier to Rs 20,609.8 crore.
F&O Cues
The Nifty January futures were down 0.63% to 22,990 at a premium of 32.75 points, with the open interest down by 24.01%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Jan. 30 expiry series indicated most activity at 25,300 call strikes, with the 25,300 put strikes having maximum open interest.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors rose to 1.18 from 1.15 in the previous session.
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