FIIs net inflow in equities at Rs 2,892.3 cr in August

The foreign institutional investors (FIIs) registered massive net inflows in equities at Rs 2,892.3 crore ($630.4 crore), while mutual funds...

The foreign institutional investors (FIIs) registered massive net inflows in equities at Rs 2,892.3 crore ($630.4 crore), while mutual funds (MFs) netted sales of Rs 97.83 crore in the month of August.

In debt market, FIIs were net sellers to the tune of Rs 371.4 crore ($80.9 million). However, MFs were active in this segment and recorded net purchases of Rs 1,354.69 crore during the period under review, according to the data available with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) here.

FIIs were net buyers in equities for 12 trading days and registered their highest net inflows of the months at Rs 1,824.9 crore ($396.4 million) on August 20 followed by Rs 805.3 crore ($176.9 million) on August 16.

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The foreign funds were net sellers in debt market for 10 trading days.

Mfs were net sellers in equities for nine days and were net buyers for most of the later half of August.

They have netted outflows of Rs 90.32 crore, Rs 70.32 crore and Rs 67.41 crore on August 25, August 6 and August 5, respectively.

They were net buyers in debt instruments for 13 trading days and recorded net purchases of Rs 976.18 crore on August 6, Rs 183.6 crore on August 24 and Rs 152.47 crore on the last day of the month.

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