On May 7, which was also the first trading session after Operation Sindoor was launched, mutual funds were net buyers at more than Rs 2,900 crore even though the cumulative DII net flows were pegged at only Rs 2,586 crore
DIIs bought Rs 12,747 crore worth of shares and sold shares worth Rs 12,307 crore. Meanwhile, FIIs purchased Rs 13,536 crore in shares and offloaded equities worth Rs 14,883 crore during the trading session.
The likes of Bajaj Holdings & Investment, Shriram Finance, and Deepak Nitrite led the pack in terms of market capitalisation
Changes in FII shareholding suggest foreign investors prefer sectors that can gain from the pandemic and those which can bounce back quickly when the situation improves
Having run up swiftly over the last few months, pharma, metal, cement and auto stocks are already seeing profit-booking, say experts.
The Nifty50 reclaimed its crucial resistance level of 9,133 and closed above its crucial 10-days exponential moving average (DEMA) placed at 9,104. The index formed a small bullish candle which resembles spinning top kind of pattern on daily charts.
Indian market consolidated for a fourth consecutive day in a row on Wednesday largely led by weak global cues.
Capital market regulator Sebi is planning to ease entry barriers for domestic institutional investors like insurers and pension funds to encourage robust inflows into the Reits and InvITs markets.
What has come to be known as a 'Black Friday' for the markets worldwide, the day of Brexit referendum results on June 24 saw the stocks plunge sharply everywhere, including in India, where the benchmark Sensex lost nearly 1,100 points intra-day before closing the day with a 605-point crash.
According to Dipan Mehta, there has been enough capital in the market throughout but investors were only scared to invest due to the global instability. However, now that the sentiment has improved, Mehta expects foreign institutional investors to return.
This was the second successive month when the flows for local equity mutual funds. According to a Deutsche Bank research report, equity MFs saw an average monthly inflow of Rs 7,550 crore in 2015.
"People invested in systematic investment plans (SIP) are generally long-termers with 3-5 years perspective. I don‘t think they should panic and sell out as this weakness may just continue for few more months," independent market expert Ambareesh Baliga says.
Mahesh Nandurkar, CLSA expects USD 15 billion annual inflows from domestic institutional investors. According to him, a potential pull out by oil money is a risk to FII flows.
It is a good time for long-term investors but a very confusing one for short-term traders is the word coming in from S Naren CIO, ICICI Prudential AMC.
The June net inflows are second only to Rs 137 billion (USD 3.5 bn) seen in January 2008. Cumulative net inflows of the past 14 months of Rs 1,041 bn (USD 17 bn) have now surpassed cumulative inflows of the preceding 12 years between January 2002-April 2014 (Rs 934 bn) in nominal terms.
FIIs want treatment at par with domestic institutional investors. Domestic institutional investors can use cash as well as securities as collateral whereas FIIs can use only cash as collateral.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have net bought Rs 5,846 crore worth of equity shares in cash market on September 25, as per provisional data available on the NSE. However, FIIs have net sold Rs 529 crore in F&O segment.
Attracted by good financial performance and valuations, foreign investors increased their exposure to large fast-moving consumer goods companies such as ITC and Britannia in the three months to March this year.
The Street might have been a bit surprised with a 50 bps rate cut yesterday but for the immediate term, yes, the sentiment has turned distinctly positive, says Krishna Kumar Karwa, the managing director of Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have net sold Rs 93.87 crore worth of equity shares in Indian markets on December 2, as per provisional data available on NSE website. However, domestic institutional investors have net bought Rs 84.34 crore in equities yesterday.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have net sold Rs 178.15 crore in the cash market on December 30, as per provisional data available on NSE website.