Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold Indian equities worth Rs 5,285.37 crore on Thursday, as their 15th straight session of net selling. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought Rs 3,319.39 crore, according to exchange provisional data.
FIIs bought shares worth Rs 12,735.59 crore and sold Rs 18,020.96 crore. DIIs bought Rs 19,438.65 crore and sold Rs 16,119.26 crore.
The outflow was the fourth-largest of October, after Rs 12,943.58 crore on October 8, Rs 9,484.22 crore on October 1 and Rs 6,121.37 crore on October 7. It was also larger than the combined FII selling of Rs 4,871.05 crore over the previous three sessions.
The latest outflow takes October’s cumulative FII selling to Rs 49,934.93 crore. FIIs have been net sellers in all 10 sessions this month.
DIIs have been net buyers in all 10 sessions, with cumulative buying of Rs 51,829.41 crore. That is about 104% of FII selling for the month.