Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) net bought shares worth Rs 2,544 crore on December 27, while on the other hand, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) net sold shares worth Rs 1,323 crore, provisional data from NSE showed.
During the trading session, DIIs bought Rs 9,436-crore shares and sold shares worth Rs 6,892 crore, and FIIs purchased Rs 5,368 crore in shares while offloading equities worth Rs 6,691 crore.
For the year so far, FIIs have net sold Rs 3.01 lakh crore, while DIIs have net bought Rs 5.01 lakh crore worth of shares.
At close, the Sensex was up 226.59 points or 0.29 percent at 78,699.07, and the Nifty was up 63.20 points or 0.27 percent at 23,813.40.
Dr Reddy's Labs, M&M, IndusInd Bank, Eicher Motors, Bajaj Finance were among the major gainers on the Nifty, while losers are Hindalco Industries, SBI, ONGC, Coal India, Bharat Electronics.
Among sectors, auto, pharma, media were up 0.4-1 percent, while realty, PSU Bank, oil & gas, metal, indices were down 0.5-1 percent.
"With no significant triggers in the near term, markets are likely to remain range-bound. Pre-quarterly business updates to be released in the first week of January 25 will provide insights into the upcoming result season and would be keenly tracked by the markets," said Siddhartha Khemka, Head - Research, Wealth Management, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited.
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