Mumbai, Mar 30: Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers in equities and debt at Rs 88.2 crore ($18.4 million) and Rs 422 crore ($88.4 million) respectively for the trading week ended March 28. Mutual funds netted sales of Rs 44.07 crore in the equity market while netting purchases of 219.6 crore in debt during period under review, according to the data available with Securities and Exchange Board of India.
FIIs on March 24 bought equity instruments worth Rs 171.6 crore while offloading to the extent of Rs 127.6 crore, thus netting their highest net inflows of the week at Rs 44 crore ($9.2 mn).
They also recorded net purchases in equities at Rs 43.6 crore ($8.4 mn) and Rs 40 crore ($8.4 mn) on March 28 and 25 respectively, however, FIIs netted sales of Rs 24.8 crore ($5.2 mn) on March 27.

On debt side, the foreign funds were net purchasers at Rs 340 crore ($71.2 mn) on the first day of the week followed by Rs 148.6 crore ($31.1 mn) on March 27.
MFs were net sellers in equities for four trading days and netted their highest outflow of the week at Rs 21.65 crore on March 27 followed by Rs 11.87 crore on previous day.
In the debt market, they were net purchasers at Rs 195.73 crore, Rs 71.39 crore and Rs 15.14 crore on March 27, 24 and 25 respectively.
The BSE-30 share sensitive index opened the week slightly lower at 3,216.07 from last weekend's close of 3,218.73 and gradually moved downwards to a low of 3,099.00 before ending the week at 3,115.44, a steep fall of 103.29 points. Bureau Report