Foreign institutional investors stayed net buyers in the cash market, index options, stock options and net sellers in index futures, stock futures, on Monday.
FIIs In Cash Market
Overseas investors remained net buyers of Indian equities for the fourth consecutive day on Monday. Foreign portfolio investors mopped up stocks worth Rs 61 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
Domestic institutional investors turned net buyers after three days of selling and mopped up equities worth Rs 2,866.8 crore, the NSE data showed.
Foreign institutions have been net buyers of Rs 14,333 crore worth of Indian equities so far in 2024, according to data from the National Securities Depository Ltd., updated till the previous trading day.
FIIs In Futures And Options
Ahead of the July 11 expiry, the value of outstanding positions—also called the open interest in the derivatives segment—has increased for FIIs in the Nifty Futures.
When it came to Nifty Futures long positions, foreign investors decreased 7,258 contracts on July expiry, while Nifty 50 short positions in futures increased by 65 contracts.
The FIIs bought Rs 3,179 crore of index options, and Rs 439.5 crore in stock options while they sold stock futures worth Rs 3,759 crore, index futures worth Rs 473.46 crore.
F&O Cues
The Nifty July futures are up 0.02% to 24,375.6 at a premium of 55.05 points, with open interest rising 0.48%.
Nifty Bank July futures are down by 0.28% to 52,560 at a premium of 135 points, while its open interest is down by 0.81%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 July 11 expiry series indicated most activity at 25,000 call strikes, with 23,000 put strikes having maximum open interest.
For the Bank Nifty options July 10 expiry, the maximum call open interest was at 55,000 and the maximum put open interest was at 50,000.
FII Contract Value
The value of total Nifty 50 Futures Open Interest in the market increased by Rs 161 crore at the end of July expiry—from Rs 34,548 crore a day earlier to Rs 34,709 crore.
The value of total Nifty Bank Futures Open Interest in the market decreased by Rs 153 crore at the end of July expiry—from Rs 13,749 crore a day earlier to Rs 13,596 crore.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors fell to 1.46 from 1.54 a day earlier.
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