FIIs net sell shares worth Rs 4781 crore, DIIs net buy Rs 5217 crore on January 14

At close, the Sensex was down 244.98 points or 0.29 percent at 83,382.71, and the Nifty was down 66.70 points or 0.26 percent at 25,665.60.

• FIIs net sold Rs 4781 crore, while DIIs net bought Rs 5217 crore on Jan 14
• Sensex fell 244.98 points, Nifty dropped 66.70 points amid volatile trading
• Metal, PSU Bank, power sectors gained; auto, IT, realty sectors declined

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Foreign investors (FIIs/FPIs) net sold Rs 4,781 crore worth of Indian equities on January 14. At the same time, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) net bought shares worth Rs 5,217 crore, according to provisional exchange data.

DIIs purchased shares worth Rs 19,930 crore and sold shares worth Rs 14,713 crore. In contrast, FIIs bought shares worth Rs 13,121 crore but sold shares totalling Rs 17,902 crore.

For the year so far, FIIs have been net sellers of shares worth Rs 21,702 crore, while DIIs have net bought shares worth Rs 30,140 crore.

Market view

At close, the Sensex was down 244.98 points or 0.29 percent at 83,382.71, and the Nifty was down 66.70 points or 0.26 percent at 25,665.60.

Tata Steel, NTPC, ONGC, Axis Bank, Hindalco Industries are among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers are Tata Consumer, TCS, Asian Paints, Maruti Suzuki, HUL.

On the sectoral front, metal, PSU Bank, power, oil & gas index up 0.5-2%, while auto, IT, realty down 0.5-1%.

On today's market, Ajit Mishra – SVP, Research, Religare Broking noted that markets traded volatile on Wednesday and ended marginally lower amid mixed cues. "Market sentiment continued to be influenced by persistent foreign institutional selling and heightened geopolitical and trade-related uncertainties, which kept overall risk appetite subdued. Although there was some early optimism around key support levels and progress in trade discussions, the absence of sustained follow-through and broader macro uncertainty led to a cautious, stock-specific trading environment," he said.

Mishra added that technically, bulls are making an effort to defend the medium-term support of the 100-day EMA around the 25,600 level on the Nifty. "While the index remains range-bound, there are selective buying opportunities emerging across sectors. Participants are advised to align positions accordingly, while keeping position sizes in check given the prevailing mixed global cues and elevated geopolitical risks," he said.