| They have been net sellers in futures and options (F&O) segment for five consecutive days, while in the cash market they have turned net sellers for three successive days. |
| Index and stock futures accounted for Rs 6,622 crore of the total sales of Rs 8,205 crore, while net sales in cash market aggregated Rs 1,584 crore. |
| FIIs' net selling on F&O topped Rs 2,092 crore on Wednesday with net sales of 839 crore worth index futures and Rs 1,326 crore worth stocks futures. |
| Their net sales was worth Rs 1,959 crore on April 10; Rs 1,190 crore on April 7; Rs 824 crore on April 5; and Rs 556 crore on April 4. |
| FIIs' net sell in cash segment topped Rs 735 crore on Wednesday. They bought shares worth Rs 2,637 crore and sold securities worth Rs 3,372 crore. The net sold shares were worth Rs 427 crore on April 10 and Rs 427 crore on April 7. |
| Local mutual funds, which turned net sellers with Rs 200 crore worth sales on April 10, were net buyers at Rs 71 crore on Wednesday. |
| Last time, FIIs were net sellers in F&O segment was in the first week of March. They were net sellers of Rs 4,571 crore for five consecutive trading days between March 3 and March 9. |
| They had sold index futures worth Rs 10 crore on March 3 and Rs 84 crore on March 6. They stepped up their net selling in F&O to Rs 1,599 crore on March 7 and Rs 2,709 crore on March 8. During that period, the FIIs were net seller in cash segment only once for Rs 287 crore on March 9. |
| FIIs net sales on F&O have created panic in the first week of March with Sensex going down over 200 points on March 8. However, the Nifty had rallied by over 300 points from 3116 on March 8 to 3419 on March 30 - the last day of the expiry of March contract. |
| This time, FIIs net sales of Rs 8,200 crore worth shares on F&O and cash segment has created panic. The Sensex is already down by over 400 points and Nifty down by over 130 points in the last two days. |
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