Inflow of Rs 294.70 crore on 18 January 2010
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs
294.70 crore on Monday, 18 January 2010 as against an outflow of Rs
889.80 crore on Friday, 15 January 2010.
FII inflow of Rs 294.70 crore on 18 January 2010 was a result
of gross purchases Rs 2619.90 crore and gross sales Rs 2325.20 crore.
The secondary equity market purchases totaled Rs 293.70 crore, which
was a result of gross purchases Rs 2618.60 crore and gross sales Rs
2324.90 crore. The BSE Sensex rose 86.78 points or 0.49% at 17,641.08
on that day.
There was an inflow of Rs 1 crore in the category 'primary market &
others', which was a result of gross purchases Rs 1.30 crore and gross
sales Rs 0.30 crore.
FII inflow in January 2010 totaled Rs 7596.60 crore (till 18
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 1,700 foreign funds registered with the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi).