All You Need To Know About FII Positions Going Into Trade On July 1
Foreign institutional investors stayed net buyers in the index futures, stock futures, and index options markets on Friday, while they remained net sellers in stock options and cash market.
Foreign institutional investors stayed net buyers in the index futures, stock futures, and index options markets on Friday, while they remained net sellers in stock options and cash market.
FIIs In Cash Market
Overseas investors turned net sellers of Indian equities on Friday after a day of buying. Foreign portfolio investors offloaded stocks worth Rs 23.1 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.
Domestic institutional investors turned net buyers after a session of selling and mopped up equities worth Rs 6,658.3 crore, the NSE data showed.
Foreign institutions have been net buyers of Rs 3,201 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
Beginning of July 4 Expiry, the value of outstanding positions—also called the open interest in the derivatives segment—has seen an increase for FIIs in the Nifty Futures.
When it came to Nifty Futures long positions, foreign investors increased 29,178 contracts on July expiry, while Nifty 50 short positions in futures increased by 1,410 contracts.
The FIIs bought Rs 1,711 crore of index futures, stock futures worth Rs 5,128 crore and index options worth Rs 7,903 crore and sold Rs 336 crore in stock options.
F&O Cues
The Nifty July futures are up by 0.15% to 24,132 at a premium of 122 points, with open interest up by 1.65%.
The Nifty Bank July futures are down by 0.73% to 52,530 at a premium of 187 points, while its open interest is up by 0.8%.
The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 July 4 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 3 expiry, the maximum call open interest was at 53,000 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 at the start of July expiry stood at 34,167 crores.
Long-Short Ratio
The total long-short ratio for foreign investors remained flat to 1.36.
