Mumbai, Nov 17: Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers in equities and debt at Rs 86.4 crore ($17.7 million) and Rs 49.5 crore ($10.2 million) respectively for the trading week ended November 15. Mutual Funds (MFs) transacted heavily in debt instruments to net purchases of Rs 474.83 crore during the four days ending November 14 while they also remained net buyers worth Rs 67.67 crore in equities, according to the data available with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
FIIs were net purchasers in equities on three trading days while registering their highest inflow of the week at Rs 67.3 crore ($13.9 mn) on November 15.
The foreign funds also netted purchases of Rs 26.7 crore ($5.5 mn) and Rs 24.9 crore ($5.1 mn) on November 14 and 12 respectively.

In the debt market, they indulged only in buying activity worth Rs 49.5 crore ($10.2 mn) on the last day of the trading week.
MFs bought and sold debt instruments to the tune of Rs 418.92 crore and Rs 87.03 crore, thus netting purchases of Rs 331.89 crore on November 11, the highest for the week, followed by Rs 146.34 crore on November 13.
They were net sellers in equities at Rs 3.90 crore and Rs 12.40 crore on November 11 and 12 respectively.
The BSE Benchmark 30-share Index showed narrow movements between a range of 3,037.61 and 2,935.97 but ended the week sharply higher at 3,033.91 as against last weekend's close of 2,956.84, a net rise of 77.07 points.
Bureau Report