Inflow of Rs 302.10 crore on 7 January 2010
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs
302.10 crore on Thursday, 7 January 2010, much lower than Rs 839.10
crore on Wednesday, 6 January 2010.
FII inflow of Rs 302.10 crore on 7 January 2010 was a result of
gross purchases Rs 2644.80 crore and gross sales Rs 2342.70 crore. The
secondary equity market purchases totaled Rs 256.20 crore, which was a
result of gross purchases Rs 2598.30 crore and gross sales Rs 2342.10
crore. The BSE Sensex fell 85.41 points or 0.48% to settle 17,615.72 on
that day.
There was an inflow of Rs 45.90 crore in the category 'primary market
& others', which was a result of gross purchases Rs 46.50 crore and
gross sales Rs 0.60 crore.
FII inflow in January 2010 totaled Rs 3738.70 crore (till 7
January 2010). FII had bought equities worth Rs 11,067.20 crore in
December 2009. FII inflow in the calendar year 2009 was Rs 84,258
crore.
There are a total of 1,709 foreign funds registered with the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi).