Monday, January 11, 2010

FIIs continue buying

Inflow of Rs 150.70 crore on 8 January 2010 


Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 150.70 crore on Friday, 8 January 2010, lower than Rs 302.10 crore on Thursday, 7 January 2010.

FII inflow of Rs 150.70 crore on 8 January 2010 was a result of gross purchases Rs 3268.30 crore and gross sales Rs 3117.60 crore. The secondary equity market purchases totaled Rs 151.50 crore, which was a result of gross purchases Rs 3267.90 crore and gross sales Rs 3116.40 crore. The BSE Sensex fell 75.43 points or 0.43% at 17,540.29 on that day.

There was an outflow of Rs 0.80 crore in the category 'primary market & others', which was a result of gross purchases Rs 0.40 crore and gross sales Rs 1.20 crore.

FII inflow in January 2010 totaled Rs 3889.50 crore (till 8 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 1,708 foreign funds registered with the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi).