Your Guide To FII Positions For March 18 Trade
The Nifty March futures were up 0.65% to 22,584.30 at a premium of 75.55 points, with the open interest down 2.04%.
Foreign portfolio investors extended their selling streak in Indian equities for the 17th consecutive session on Monday. They became buyers of index futures and options, as well as stock futures, and offloaded stock options.
FIIs In Cash Market
The FPIs remained net sellers of Indian equities for the 17th straight session on Monday as they offloaded stocks worth Rs 4,488.5 crore.
Domestic institutional investors stayed net buyers for the 27th straight session as they net bought equities worth Rs 6,000.6 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
FIIs In Futures And Options
Ahead of the March 27 expiry, the value of outstanding positions—also called open interest in the derivatives segment—has decreased for the foreign institutional investors in the Nifty futures. The FIIs' long-to-short ratio in index futures remains at 20:80.
The FIIs were net buyers of index futures and options worth Rs 1,899.3 crore and Rs 13,456.7 crore respectively. They bought stock futures worth Rs 3,336.3 crore and sold stock options worth Rs 1,753.1 crore.
FII Contract Value
The value of the total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market decreased by Rs 564.4 crore at the end of the March expiry from Rs 39,423.2 crore a day earlier to Rs 38,858.8 crore.
F&O Cues
The Nifty March futures were up 0.65% to 22,584.30 at a premium of 75.55 points, with the open interest down 2.04%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 March 20 expiry series indicated most activity at 23,500 call strikes, and the 22,000 put strikes had the maximum open interest.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors rose to 1.38 from 1.37 earlier.
