Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth a net Rs 62.70 crore on Tuesday, 21 April 2009, as against an inflow of Rs 332.60 crore on Monday, 20 April 2009.
FII outflow of Rs 62.70 crore on 21 April 2009 was a result of gross purchases Rs 1496.30 crore and gross sales Rs 1559 crore. The BSE Sensex lost 81.39 points or 0.74% to 10,898.11 on that day.
FII inflow in April 2009 totaled Rs 4,547 crore (till 21 April 2009). FII outflow in calendar year 2009 totaled Rs 2,124.60 crore (till 21 April 2009).
There are a total of 1639 foreign funds registered with the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi).