Mumbai, Aug 17: The foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have netted purchases of Rs 731.6 crore (US dollar 158.2 million) in equities during the trading week ended August 14. Foreign funds were net sellers in debt at Rs 428.4 crore (USD 92.8 million), according to the data available with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) here.
Mutual funds (MFs) also recorded net inflows at Rs 14.15 crore and Rs 614.77 crore in equities and debt respectively. FIIs were net buyers in equities on four trading days and netted their highest inflow of the trading week at Rs 265.9 crore (USD 57.5 mn) on August 11 followed by Rs 193.1 crore (USD 41.8 mn) and Rs 159.6 crore (USD 34.5 mn) on August 13 and 12 respectively.
On debt front, foreign investors were net sellers on three trading days. The highest net outflow at Rs 449.2 crore (USD 97.2 million) was registered August 14, 2003, it said.
FIIs made net purchases of Rs 22.9 crore (USD 4.9 mn) on August 12. MFs registered their highest net sales and net purchases of the week in equity market at Rs 33.19 crore (August 13) and Rs 33.02 crore (August 11) respectively.
In the debt instruments, they were net buyers at Rs 58.82 crore, Rs 263.17 crore and Rs 292.78 crore on August 11, 12 and 13 respectively.
The BSE benchmark 30-share index which moved between 3959.10 and 3842.14, closed to end the week at 3921.20 from last weekend's close of 3883.76, a net gain of 37.44 points. Bureau Report