FIIs net buy Rs 4778 crore, DIIs pick up Rs 6248 crore in equities on November 26

At close, the Sensex was up 1,022.50 points or 1.21 percent at 85,609.51, and the Nifty was up 320.50 points or 1.24 percent at 26,205.30. BSE Midcap and small-cap indices rose 1.2% each.

Foreign investors (FIIs/FPIs) continued net buying on Wednesday, November 26 picking up Indian equities worth Rs 4778 on Wednesday, . At the same time, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) net bought shares worth Rs 6248 crore, according to provisional exchange data.

DIIs purchased shares worth Rs 16,334 crore and sold shares worth Rs 10,086 crore. In contrast, FIIs bought shares worth Rs 16,232 crore but sold shares totalling 11,454 crore.

For the year so far, FIIs have been net sellers of shares worth Rs 2.53 lakh crore, while DIIs have net bought shares worth Rs 6.98 lakh crore.

Market view

At close, the Sensex was up 1,022.50 points or 1.21 percent at 85,609.51, and the Nifty was up 320.50 points or 1.24 percent at 26,205.30. BSE Midcap and small-cap indices rose 1.2% each.

All the sectoral indices ended in the green with media, auto, private bank, oil & gas, power, PSU, realty, consumer durables, pharma metal added 1-2%.

Biggest Nifty gainers included JSW Steel, HDFC Life, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, Jio Financial, while Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints, SBI Life Insurance were among top losers.

On today's market, Vikram Kasat, Head Advisory, PL Capital noted that buying was broad-based, with more than 100 stocks marking fresh 52-week highs and the Nifty Bank hitting a new record. "With both benchmark indices now near their lifetime highs, traders will watch for follow-through as global central bank signals and crude trends guide sentiment. Midcaps and small caps remained strong through the session, pointing to steady domestic appetite even as markets edge into a zone where profit-taking could re-emerge," Kasat added.

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