FIIs seem to have bought while domestic institutional investors seem to be quiet. At close, the Instanex FII Index was up 2.21% (unchanged since at 3 pm) at 321.18 and the Instanex DII 15 portfolio was up 1.70% (+1.62% at 3 pm). Sensex was up 1.75% (+1.67% a 3 pm) and Nifty was up 1.73% (+1.72% at 3 pm). The other Instanex Ownership Indices were also up - the Instanex Retail 15 portfolio was up 1.47% (+1.38% at 3 pm), the Instanex Top 15 portfolio was up 1.11% (+1.14% at 3 pm) and the Instanex Promoter 15 portfolio was up 0.71% (+0.79% at 3 pm). Asian indices were mixed – Shanghai Composite was up 0.92%, Nikkei 225 was down 0.61% and Straits Times was down 0.91%.

Of the 15 components of the Instanex FII Index, 14 were up while only ITC (-0.03%; weight 3.31%) was down. The main gainers were HDFC (+7.74%; weight 14.28%), ICICI Bank (+3.05%; weight 10.13%), SBI (+2.94%; weight 3.95%) and L&T (+2.82%; weight 4.25%).
 
Instanex FII Index at close on Friday, July 03, 2009