Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 1839.70 crore on Monday, 27 April 2009, much higher than Rs 513.50 crore on Friday, 24 April 2009.
FII inflow of Rs 1839.70 crore on 27 April 2009 was a result of gross purchases Rs 3661.80 crore and gross sales Rs 1822.10 crore. The BSE Sensex gained 42.80 or 0.38% to 11,371.85 on that day.
FII inflow in April 2009 totaled Rs 7,213.60 crore (till 27 April 2009).
FII inflow in calendar year 2009 totaled Rs 542 crore (till 27 April 2009). With heavy buying in the last two months, foreign funds have turned net buyers in calendar 2009. There was heavy outflow by foreign funds in the first two months of calendar 2009
There are a total of 1639 foreign funds registered with the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi).