Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers of Indian equities for the sixth straight session on Wednesday. They remained sellers of index futures and options and buyers of stock futures.
FIIs In Cash Market
Foreign portfolio investors stayed net sellers of Indian equities for the sixth straight session on Wednesday as they offloaded stocks worth approximately Rs 4,969.30 crore.
Domestic institutional investors, on the other hand, stayed net buyers for the sixth straight session as they mopped up equities worth Rs 5,929.24 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
The FPIs sold stocks worth Rs 4,126.62 crore on Tuesday. In February so far, the overseas investors have offloaded equities worth Rs 14,201 crore.
In 2025 so far, the FPIs have sold equities worth Rs 92,228 crore. In January, they offloaded stocks worth Rs 78,027 crore, according to the National Securities Depository Ltd.'s data.
FIIs In Futures And Options
Ahead of the Feb. 27 expiry, the value of outstanding positions — also called open interest in the derivatives segment — has increased for foreign institutional investors in the Nifty futures. The FIIs' long-to-short ratio in index futures remains at 15:85%.
The FIIs sold index futures worth Rs 425.81 crore, index options worth Rs 4,648 crore, and stock options worth Rs 1,578 crore. They bought stock futures worth Rs 2,710 crore.
FII Contract Value
The value of the total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market increased by Rs 715 crore at the end of February expiry from Rs 39,918 crore a day earlier to Rs 40,633 crore.
F&O Cues
The Nifty February futures were down 0.09% to 23,153 at a premium of 78 points, with the open interest up by 1.92%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Feb. 13 expiry series indicated most activity at 24,000 call strikes, with the 22,500 put strikes having maximum open interest.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors fell to 1.19 from 1.21 in the previous session.
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