All You Need To Know About FII Positions Going Into Trade On July 8
Ahead of the July 11 expiry, the value of outstanding positions—also called the open interest in the derivatives segment—has decreased for FIIs in the Nifty Futures.
Foreign institutional investors stayed net buyers in the cash market, index options, and net sellers in index futures, stock futures, stock options on Friday.
FIIs In Cash Market
Overseas investors remained net buyers of Indian equities for the second consecutive day on Friday. Foreign portfolio investors mopped up stocks worth Rs 1,241.3 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
Domestic institutional investors stayed net sellers for the third session and sold equities worth Rs 1,651.4 crore, the NSE data showed.
Foreign institutions have been net buyers of Rs 11,163 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 decreased for FIIs in the Nifty Futures.
When it came to Nifty Futures long positions, foreign investors decreased 10,327 contracts on July expiry, while Nifty 50 short positions in futures decreased by 2,504 contracts.
The FIIs bought Rs 34,622.7 crore of index options, while they sold stock futures worth Rs 330.22 crore, index futures worth Rs 496.2 crore, and Rs 134.2 crore in stock options.
F&O Cues
The Nifty July futures are up 0.11% to 24,379.4 at a premium of 55.55 points, with open interest down by 2.55%.
Nifty Bank July futures are down by 0.86% to 52,724.10 at a premium of 63.75 points, while its open interest is down by 6.62%.
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 decreased by Rs 876 crore at the end of July expiry—from Rs 35,424 crore a day earlier to Rs 34,548 crore.
In Nifty Options, foreign investors increased their positions by Rs 105 crore in notional terms at the end of June 13 expiry. In terms of premium open interest value, it was Rs 5,263 crore higher from Rs 5,158 crore a day earlier.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors rose to 1.54 from 1.48 a day earlier.
