Your Guide To FII Positions For Nov. 28 Trade
The FIIs sold index options worth Rs 63,314 crore, index futures worth Rs 120 crore and stock options worth Rs 698 crore while they remained buyers in stock futures worth Rs 1,599 crore.
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Foreign institutional investors continued their buying streak in the cash market for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. They also remained net buyers in stock futures. However, FIIs were net sellers in index futures, index options, and stock options.
FIIs In Cash Market
Overseas investors remained net buyers of Indian equities for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, while the domestic institutional investors turned net buyers after two days of selling.
Foreign portfolio investors net bought stocks worth Rs 7.78 crore—the lowest single-day buying from the FPIs so far this year. The DIIs bought shares worth approximately Rs 1,302 crore, according to provisional data by the National Stock Exchange.
The FPIs turned net buyers of Indian equities on Monday, ending a 38-session selling streak. They purchased stocks worth Rs 9,947.6 crore, marking the second-largest buying spree by the FPIs this year.
The FPIs have offloaded stocks worth Rs 29,834.3 crore so far in November, while the DIIs mopped up stocks worth Rs 30,042.2 crore.
FIIs In Futures And Options
Ahead of the Nov. 28 expiry, the value of outstanding positions—also called open interest in the derivatives segment—has increased for the FIIs in Nifty futures.
The FIIs' long-to-short ratio in index futures remains at 35%:65%.
The FIIs sold index options worth Rs 63,314 crore, index futures worth Rs 120 crore, and stock options worth Rs 698 crore while they remained buyers in stock futures worth Rs 1,599 crore.
F&O Cues
The Nifty November futures were up by 0.38% to 24,309 at a premium of 35 points, with the open interest down by 22%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 Nov. 28 expiry series indicated most activity at 25,000 call strikes, with the 24,000 put strikes having maximum open interest.
FII Contract Value
The value of total Nifty 50 futures open interest in the market decreased by Rs crore at the end of November expiry—from Rs 19,366 crore a day earlier—to Rs 15,100 crore.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors rose to 1.38 from 1.32 as compared to the previous session.
