All You Need To Know About FII Positions Going Into Trade On July 5

Foreign institutional investors stayed net buyers in index futures and cash market, while they remained net sellers in stock futures, index options, and stock options on Thursday.

Overseas investors stayed net buyers of Indian equities for the second consecutive session on Thursday. Foreign portfolio investors mopped up stocks worth Rs 2,575.9 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.

In the first four days of this month, FPIs have bought over Rs 5,633.3 crore equities. They bought stocks worth Rs 2,037 crore in June.

Domestic institutional investors stayed net sellers for the second session and sold equities worth Rs 2,375.2 crore, the NSE data showed.

Foreign institutions have been net buyers of Rs 5,652 crore worth of Indian equities so far in 2024, according to data from the National Securities Depository Ltd., updated till the previous trading day.

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 increased 15,280 contracts on July expiry, while Nifty 50 short positions in futures increased by 1,918 contracts.

The FIIs bought Rs 898.2 crore of index futures, while they sold stock futures worth Rs 1,489.9 crore, index options worth Rs 18,257.74 crore, and Rs 87.17 crore in stock options.

The Nifty July futures are up 0.1% to 24,359 at a premium of 57.3 points, with open interest up by 0.43%.

Nifty Bank July futures are up by 0.19% to 53,166 at a premium of 62.5 points, while its open interest is up by 0.37%.

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 53,000.

The value of total Nifty 50 Futures Open Interest in the market increased by Rs 164 crore at the end of July expiry—from Rs 35,260 crore a day earlier to Rs 35,424 crore.

The total long-short ratio for foreign investors rose to 1.48 from 1.33 a day earlier.