Foreign portfolio investors remained net sellers of Indian equities for the 3rd straight session on Friday, offloading stocks worth Rs 1,263.52 crore, according to the provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
Domestic institutional investors continued to stay net buyers for the 21st straight session as they obtained equities worth Rs 3,041.44 crore, the data showed.
The FPIs bought equity worth Rs 19,860 crore in May. In April, the overseas investors had net bought shares worth Rs 4,223 crore.
In March, they had net offloaded equities worth Rs 3,973 crore, which was significantly lower as compared to the net selling of equities worth Rs 34,574 crore in February. This was preceded by net selling of Rs 78,027 crore in January.
In 2025 so far, the FPIs have net sold equities worth Rs 97,893 crore, the NSDL data showed.
India’s benchmark equity indices closed lower on Friday, marking a second straight session of losses at the close of the week.
The NSE Nifty 50 ended 169 points, or 0.68% lower at 24,718.60, while the BSE Sensex closed 573 points, or 0.70% down at 81,118. During the day, Nifty fell 1.67% to trade at 24,473 and Sensex declined 1.64% to 80,354.59.
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