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Last Updated : Mar 09 2016 | 5:01 PM IST

Net inflow of Rs 788.01 crore on 8 March 2016

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought stocks worth a net Rs 788.01 crore on 8 March 2016, lower than net inflow of Rs 884.95 crore on 4 March 2016. Stock markets remained closed on 7 March 2016 on account of holiday. The net inflow of Rs 788.01 crore into the secondary equity markets on 8 March 2016 was a result of gross purchases of Rs 7084.96 crore and gross sales of Rs 6296.95 crore. On that day, the Sensex rose 12.75 points or 0.05% to settle at 24,659.23, its highest closing level since 1 February 2016.

The net outflow of Rs 13.85 crore from the 'primary markets & others' category on 8 March 2016 was a result of gross purchases of Rs 0.05 crore and gross sales of Rs 13.90 crore.

FPIs have purchased shares worth a net Rs 5801.71 crore from the secondary equity markets in this month so far (till 8 March 2016). FPIs sold stocks worth a net Rs 6069.31 crore into the secondary equity markets last month. FPIs have offloaded shares worth a net Rs 10449.53 crore into the secondary equity markets in calendar year 2016 so far (till 8 March 2016). FPIs offloaded shares worth a net Rs 4361.67 crore into the secondary equity markets in calendar year 2015.

There has been a net outflow of Rs 16.96 crore from FPIs from the 'primary markets & others' category in this month so far (till 8 March 2016). There was an inflow of Rs 547.92 crore from FPIs into the 'primary markets & others' category last month. The net outflow from FPIs from the 'primary markets & others' category has totaled Rs 413.55 crore in calendar year 2016 so far (till 8 March 2016). There was net inflow of Rs 22167.82 from FPIs into the category 'primary markets & others' in calendar year 2015.

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