All You Need To Know About FII Positions Going Into Trade On July 10

Foreign institutional investors stayed net buyers in the cash market, index futures, stock options, stock futures and net sellers in index options on Tuesday.

Overseas investors stayed net buyers of Indian equities for the fifth consecutive session on Tuesday. Foreign portfolio investors mopped up stocks worth Rs 314.5 crore, according to provisional data from the National Stock Exchange.

Domestic institutional investors stayed net buyers for the second session and bought equities worth Rs 1,416.5 crore, the NSE data showed.

In this month, FPIs have bought stocks worth Rs 7,250.10 crore. Foreign institutions have been net buyers of Rs 14,494 crore worth of Indian equities so far in 2024, according to data from the National Securities Depository Ltd., updated till the previous trading day.

Ahead of the July 11 expiry, the value of outstanding positions—also called the open interest in the derivatives segment—has increased for FIIs in the Nifty Futures.

When it came to Nifty Futures long positions, foreign investors increased 10,530 contracts on July expiry, while Nifty 50 short positions in futures increased by 1,598 contracts.

The FIIs bought index futures worth Rs 498.31 crore, stock futures worth Rs 1,245.77 crore, and Rs 189.77 crore in stock options while they sold Rs 28,435 crore of index options.

The Nifty July futures are up 0.45% to 24,485.65 at a premium of 52.45 points, with open interest rising 1.64%.

Nifty Bank July futures are up by 0.11% to 52,615.75 at a premium of 46.95 points, while its open interest is down by 0.34%.

The open interest distribution for the Nifty 50 July 11 expiry series indicated most activity at 25,000 call strikes, with 24,000 put strikes having maximum open interest.

For the Bank Nifty options July 10 expiry, the maximum call open interest was at 55,000 and the maximum put open interest was at 51,000.

The value of total Nifty 50 Futures Open Interest in the market increased by Rs 729 crore at the end of July expiry—from Rs 34,709 crore a day earlier to Rs 35,438 crore.

The value of total Nifty Bank Futures Open Interest in the market decreased by Rs 32 crore at the end of July expiry—from Rs 13,596 crore a day earlier to Rs 13,564 crore.

The total long-short ratio for foreign investors fell to 1.35 from 1.46 a day earlier.