Foreign institutional investors remained net sellers on Friday, offloading Rs 930.90 crore of Indian equities, while domestic institutional investors bought a net Rs 1,968.17 crore, according to NSE data.
FIIs bought shares worth Rs 12,616.89 crore and sold Rs 13,547.79 crore. DIIs, meanwhile, bought Rs 15,109.58 crore and sold Rs 13,141.41 crore.
With Friday’s flows, FIIs’ net buying for the month of September stands at Rs 579 crore, while DIIs have bought a net Rs 24,987 crore so far this month.
On a year-to-date basis, FIIs have sold a net Rs 1.89 lakh crore in the cash market, while DIIs have invested about Rs 3.51 lakh crore.
Indian equities ended the week lower amid elevated crude prices and persistent foreign selling. On Friday, the Nifty 50 declined 0.3% to 23,398, after falling as much as 1% to an intraday low of 23,231. The index ended the week down 2.1%. Midcap 100 and Smallcap 100 fell 0.3% and 0.6%, respectively. Private Banks outperformed, while Realty was among the key laggards, with the Nifty Realty index hitting a more than two-month low.