DIIs offset foreign selling with ₹30,313 crore buying as Sensex, Nifty snap 8
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- ✓Domestic institutional investors bought shares worth ₹30,313 crore during the week ended October 9, offsetting foreign selling of ₹30,294 crore.
- ✓This support helped the Sensex and Nifty snap an eight-week losing streak.
- ✓While foreign investors sold equities every day, domestic buying provided a strong push, helping markets gain nearly 1% overall.
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Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold Indian equities worth ₹30,294 crore on a net basis during the week ended October 9, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought shares worth ₹30,313 crore, provisional exchange data showed.
On Friday, FIIs were net sellers of ₹3,568.90 crore, while DIIs bought equities worth ₹4,743.26 crore. This resulted in net institutional inflows of ₹1,174.36 crore for the session.
FIIs purchased shares worth ₹10,373.99 crore and sold ₹13,942.89 crore during Friday's session. DIIs bought equities worth ₹15,626.53 crore and sold ₹10,883.27 crore.
FII and DII activity from October 5 to 9
FIIs were net sellers in each of the five trading sessions during the week, with outflows reaching ₹12,943.58 crore on October 8. DIIs provided consistent support, with their strongest net buying of ₹10,703.11 crore also recorded on October 8.
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