FIIs net sold shares worth Rs 1,509 crore, DIIs net bought Rs 3,661 crore on October 14

At close, the Sensex was down 297.07 points or 0.36 percent at 82,029.98, and the Nifty was down 81.85 points or 0.32 percent at 25,145.50. BSE Midcap index shed 0.8 percent and smallcap indices fell 1%.

Foreign investors (FIIs/FPIs) net sold Rs 1,509 crore worth of Indian equities on Tuesday. At the same time, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) net bought shares worth Rs 3,661 crore, according to provisional exchange data.

DIIs purchased shares worth Rs 16,385 crore and sold shares worth Rs 12,723 crore. In contrast, FIIs bought shares worth Rs 10,848 crore but sold shares totalling Rs 12,356 crore.

For the year so far, FIIs have been net sellers of shares worth Rs 2.4 lakh crore, while DIIs have net bought shares worth Rs 5.93 lakh crore.

At close, the Sensex was down 297.07 points or 0.36 percent at 82,029.98, and the Nifty was down 81.85 points or 0.32 percent at 25,145.50. BSE Midcap index shed 0.8 percent and small-cap indices fell 1%.

All the sectoral indices ended in the red with pharma, consumer durables, metal, media, PSU Bank index down 1-1.5%.

Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Bajaj Finance, Bharat Electronics, TCS, Trent were among major losers on the Nifty, while gainers included Max Healthcare, Apollo Hospitals, Tech Mahindra, Wipro and ICICI Bank.

On today's market, Ajit Mishra – SVP, Research, Religare Broking noted that Markets opened on a positive note but failed to sustain early gains, ending marginally lower as trade-related concerns overshadowed favorable domestic cues. "The decline was largely driven by renewed worries over U.S.–China trade tensions and weak global cues, which offset optimism from strong IPO listings and improving IT earnings. While LG Electronics India’s stellar market debut captured investor attention, its strength couldn’t lift overall sentiment," he said.

Mishra added that the Nifty is approaching its first key support at the 20-DEMA, near 25,050, with resilience in banking majors keeping hopes of a recovery alive. "However, a decisive break below this support could trigger a deeper correction toward 24,800. Amid the volatility, we continue to maintain a tactical “buy on dips” approach, focusing on stocks showing relative strength or limited decline for long trade opportunities," he said.