Domestic institutional investors (DII) failed to absorb aggressive foreign institutional investors (FII) selling and the Instanex FII index dropped 2.20% to 190.28 at close. The Instanex DII 15 portfolio underperformed, down 2.37% and Sensex was lower by 2.09% and Nifty was down 1.95%.
All the 15 components of the index were down. The main losers were ITC (-3.75%; weight 5.02%), TCS (-3.12%; weight 2.54%), HDFC (-2.95%; weight 11.19%), Bharti Airtel (-2.60%; weight 13.98%) and ICICI Bank (-2.56%; weight 6.72%).
| Closing Report | 03-Mar-09 | % Change | Weight |
| INSTANEX FII INDEX | 190.28 | -2.20% | 100.00% |
| Reliance Ind | 1,199.05 | -2.13% | 16.31% |
| Bharti Airtel | 601.45 | -2.60% | 13.98% |
| HDFC | 1,200.45 | -2.95% | 11.19% |
| Infosys Techn | 1,197.60 | -1.74% | 12.60% |
| ICICI Bank | 296.40 | -2.56% | 6.72% |
| BHEL | 1,364.95 | -1.19% | 5.96% |
| HDFC Bank | 831.00 | -1.73% | 5.40% |
| ITC | 172.00 | -3.75% | 5.02% |
| HUL | 241.50 | -1.27% | 4.35% |
| ONGC | 648.35 | -2.36% | 4.33% |
| SBI | 975.85 | -1.95% | 3.59% |
| NTPC | 178.90 | -0.33% | 3.34% |
| L&T | 574.80 | -1.67% | 2.56% |
| TCS | 445.15 | -3.12% | 2.54% |
| Sun Pharma | 971.60 | -2.27% | 2.11% |