Wednesday, December 16, 2009

FIIs continue buying

Inflow of Rs 114 crore on 15 December 2009 


Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 114 crore on Tuesday, 15 December 2009, lower than Rs 174.50 crore on Monday, 14 December 2009.

FII inflow of Rs 114 crore on 15 December 2009 was a result of gross purchases Rs 2295.40 crore and gross sales Rs 2181.40 crore. The secondary equity market purchases totaled Rs 118.20 crore, which was a result of gross purchases Rs 2285 crore and gross sales Rs 2166.80 crore. The BSE Sensex lost 220.39 points or 1.29% to 16877.16 on that day.

There was an outflow of Rs 4.20 crore in the category 'primary market & others', which was a results of gross purchases Rs 10.40 crore and gross sales Rs 14.60 crore.

FII inflow in December 2009 totaled Rs 7,096.90 crore (till 15 December 2009). FII had bought equities worth Rs 5469 crore in November 2009. FII inflow in the calendar year 2009 totaled Rs 79,321 crore (till 15 December 2009).

There are a total of 1,706 foreign funds registered with the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi).