Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in Indian equities on Friday, offloading shares worth a provisional ₹3,892.77 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) continued to offset the selling with net purchases of ₹5,453.55 crore. According to provisional exchange data, FIIs bought equities worth ₹11,123.86 crore during the session and sold shares worth ₹15,016.63 crore, resulting in a net outflow of ₹3,892.77 crore. DIIs, meanwhile, purchased equities worth ₹18,959.43 crore and sold shares worth ₹13,505.88 crore, taking their net buying to ₹5,453.55 crore on a provisional basis. The latest data shows that DIIs, led by mutual funds and SIP money, kept buying anyway throughout 2025, increasingly deciding how Indian markets move despite FIIs selling through most of the year.
Foreign institutional investors ended the week as net sellers, offloading Indian equities in four of the five trading sessions. According to reports from CNBC TV18, FIIs were net sellers on Monday with outflows of ₹1,121.04 crore, Tuesday with inflows of ₹1,650.16 crore, Wednesday with outflows of ₹819.20 crore, and Thursday with outflows of ₹2,999.23 crore. Domestic institutional investors largely provided support by remaining net buyers on three trading days - Monday with purchases of ₹1,312.03 crore, Tuesday with outflows of ₹656.88 crore, and Wednesday with outflows of ₹418.26 crore. On Thursday, DIIs returned as buyers with provisional purchases of ₹2,947.14 crore and further stepped up buying on Friday with net inflows of ₹5,453.55 crore.
On Friday, the benchmark indices ended largely in the red, with the Sensex falling 332 points to 76,060 and the Nifty declining 102 points to 23,767 after failing to hold the 23,800 mark. As reported by CNBC TV18, the Nifty Bank index rose 102 points to 56,694, while the Midcap index slipped 63 points to 61,622. Financial and IT stocks recovered sharply from the day's lows, helping the Nifty Bank index end in positive territory. Auto stocks witnessed profit booking, while NBFCs remained under pressure. Market breadth favoured declines, with the advance-decline ratio at 4:5.
Separately, the rupee recovered 18 paise to close at 96.55 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, supported by likely intervention from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). This currency movement provided some relief amid the broader market decline, as reported by CNBC TV18.
