Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth a net Rs 86.20 crore on Monday, 31 August 2009 as against an inflow of Rs 1092.70 crore on Friday, 28 August 2009.
FII outflow of Rs 86.20 crore on 31 August 2009 was a results of gross purchases Rs 2673.90 crore and gross sales Rs 2760.10 crore. The BSE Sensex lost 255.70 points or 1.61% to 15,666.64 on that day.
FII inflow in August 2009 totaled Rs 4028.80 crore. Foreign funds had bought equities worth Rs 11,625.20 crore in July 2009. FII inflow in calendar year 2009 totaled Rs 40,198.50 crore (till 31 August 2009).
There are a total of 1694 foreign funds registered with the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi).