Mumbai, June 29: Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) today remained net purchaser for the second day in a row, and made an investment of Rs 292.44 crore in the Indian stock markets, pushing the benchmark indices into positive zone.
FIIs were the gross buyer of shares worth Rs 2,390.09 crore, while they sold equities valued at Rs 2,097.65 crore, resulting in a net buy of Rs 292.44 crore, the provisional data available with the Bombay Stock Exchange shows.
Domestic institutional investors also made a net purchase of Rs 143.844 crore in the local stock markets.
On Friday, FIIs were the net investor of Rs 672.90 crore in the capital market, the latest data available with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) shows.
Brokers, on the behalf of their clients, and non-resident Indians (NRIs) also followed FIIs and in total purchased stocks worth Rs 13.
–PTI