Thursday, January 07, 2010

FIIs continue buying

Inflow of Rs 839.10 crore on 6 January 2010 


Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 839.10 crore on Wednesday, 6 January 2010, lower than Rs 1061.90 crore on Tuesday, 5 January 2010.

FII inflow of Rs 839.10 crore on 6 January 2010 was a result of gross purchases Rs 3431.60 crore and gross sales Rs 2592.50 crore. The secondary equity market purchases totaled Rs 794.90 crore, which was a result of gross purchases Rs 3386.70 crore and gross sales Rs 2591.80 crore. The BSE Sensex rose 14.89 points or 0.08% at 17,701.13 on that day.

There was an inflow of Rs 44.20 crore in the category 'primary market & others', which was a result of gross purchases Rs 44.90 crore and gross sales Rs 0.70 crore.

FII inflow in January 2010 totaled Rs 3436.60 crore (till 6 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).