FIIs net sell Rs 920 cr in equities on Monday (prov)

By Varinder Bansal, Research Analyst at CNBC-TV18

Institutional action

FIIs were net sellers to the tune of Rs 920 crore while DIIs were net buyers of Rs 1,008 crore in the cash market on Monday, as per provisional data available on NSE. FIIs were net buyers of Rs 107 crore in the F&O market.

FIIs in F&O

FIIs were net sellers of Rs 480 crore in Index Futures and sellers of Rs 280 crore in Stock Futures on January 31. However, FIIs were net buyers of Rs 891 crore in Index Options.

Market cues

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NSE F&O Open Interest was up by Rs 6011 crore at Rs 1.15 lakh crore

F&O cues

Total Nifty Futures' open interest was up by 817 crore while total Nifty Options up by Rs 5,194 crore. Stock Futures added 2.98 crore shares in Open Interest.

Nifty Futures added 3.8 lakh shares in Open Interest and Nifty Futures ended at 18 points premium versus 25 points premium.

Nifty Open Interest PCR was down at 1.27 versus 1.31. Nifty Puts added 38 lakh shares in Open Interest while Nifty Calls added 45 lakh shares in Open Interest.

Nifty 5500 Call added 11.6 lakh shares in Open Interest while Nifty 5400 Put added 8.2 lakh shares in Open Interest.

Nifty 5800 Call added 7 lakh shares in Open Interest, Nifty 5900 Call added 6.7 lakh shares in Open Interest and Nifty 5700 Call added 5.6 lakh shares in Open Interest.

However, Nifty 5300 Put added 6 lakh shares in Open Interest, Nifty 5200 Put added 5.6 lakh shares in Open Interest and Nifty 5100 Put added 4.7 lakh shares in Open Interest.