Mumbai, Feb 2: Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were net buyers in equities and debt at Rs 798.1 crore (USD 165.8 million) and Rs 85.6 crore (USD 17.9 mn) respectively during the month of January. Mutual Funds (MFs) were net sellers in equities at Rs 396.19 crore and netted purchases in the debt market at Rs 1,164.20 crore for the period under review, according to the information available with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). FIIs registered net inflows in equities on 16 trading days during the month while they remained away from the debt market on 17 days. On January 16, the foreign funds bought and sold equity instruments to the tune of Rs 410.6 crore and Rs 153.3 crore respectively, thus netting purchases of Rs 257.3 crore (USD 53.5 mn), the highest for the month. They also recorded net inflows of Rs 142.6 crore (USD 29.6 mn) on January 15.

The FIIs, on January 3, had bought equity instruments of Rs 64.1 crore and sold to the tune of Rs 120.8 crore, thus recording net outflows of Rs 56.7 crore (USD 11.8 mn).

MFs were net sellers in the equity market on 14 days while netting purchases for 18 days in debt. The mutual funds were net sellers in equities at Rs 148.68 crore and Rs 100.76 crore on January 10 and 23 respectively.

In the debt market, MFs registered their highest net inflows of Rs 405.53 crore on January 7 followed by Rs 247.42 crore on January 2.


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