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FII DII Data · 18 Mar 2020

What foreign (FII) and domestic (DII) institutions bought and sold in the cash market, and how FIIs, DIIs, pros and clients are positioned in futures and options, from NSE’s end-of-day data.

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FII net · cash market₹−5,085 Crnet sellers · bought 6,853, sold 11,939
DII net · cash market₹+3,636 Crnet buyers · bought 11,245, sold 7,609
FII index futures−89,864net short · change +4,594
FII index options2.27 Lnet long · change −1,735
Last 5 sessions₹−22,443 CrFII net · DII +19,459 Cr
NIFTY close8,433.70−5.41% on the day

On 18 Mar 2020, FIIs were net sellers of ₹5,085 crore in the cash market and DIIs net buyers of ₹3,636 crore. FIIs have been net sellers for 17 sessions in a row. In index futures FIIs are net short 89,864 contracts, adding 4,594 on the day. NIFTY closed at 8,433.70 (−5.41%). DIIs have been net buyers for 17 sessions.

FII vs DII net flows, last 30 sessions

FII DII · ₹ crore
+7,6210−7,6214 Feb 2020: FII +366 Cr, DII +602 Cr5 Feb 2020: FII +249 Cr, DII +263 Cr6 Feb 2020: FII −560 Cr, DII +304 Cr7 Feb 2020: FII +162 Cr, DII −179 Cr10 Feb 2020: FII −185 Cr, DII −736 Cr11 Feb 2020: FII −209 Cr, DII +345 Cr12 Feb 2020: FII +48.8 Cr, DII +339 Cr13 Feb 2020: FII +1,061 Cr, DII −961 Cr14 Feb 2020: FII −705 Cr, DII +220 Cr17 Feb 2020: FII −374 Cr, DII −154 Cr18 Feb 2020: FII −74.4 Cr, DII −309 Cr19 Feb 2020: FII −191 Cr, DII +590 Cr20 Feb 2020: FII +1,495 Cr, DII −700 Cr24 Feb 2020: FII −1,161 Cr, DII +516 Cr25 Feb 2020: FII −2,315 Cr, DII +1,565 Cr26 Feb 2020: FII −3,337 Cr, DII +2,786 Cr27 Feb 2020: FII −3,127 Cr, DII +3,498 Cr28 Feb 2020: FII −1,429 Cr, DII +7,621 Cr2 Mar 2020: FII −1,355 Cr, DII +1,139 Cr3 Mar 2020: FII −2,416 Cr, DII +3,135 Cr4 Mar 2020: FII −878 Cr, DII +764 Cr5 Mar 2020: FII −2,477 Cr, DII +2,511 Cr6 Mar 2020: FII −3,595 Cr, DII +2,544 Cr9 Mar 2020: FII −6,596 Cr, DII +4,975 Cr11 Mar 2020: FII −3,515 Cr, DII +2,836 Cr12 Mar 2020: FII −3,475 Cr, DII +3,918 Cr13 Mar 2020: FII −6,028 Cr, DII +5,868 Cr16 Mar 2020: FII −3,810 Cr, DII +2,615 Cr17 Mar 2020: FII −4,045 Cr, DII +3,422 Cr18 Mar 2020: FII −5,085 Cr, DII +3,636 Cr4 Feb18 Mar

FII & DII cash market activity

Gross purchase, gross sales and net value in ₹ crore, provisional, by trading day. NIFTY close and change for context.
FII / FPIDII
DateBuySellNetBuySellNetNIFTY
18 Mar 20206,85311,939−5,08511,2457,609+3,6368,433.70 −5.41%
17 Mar 20206,65610,700−4,0457,6324,210+3,4228,915.60 −2.22%
16 Mar 20206,90910,719−3,8108,1985,584+2,6159,118.45 −7.87%
13 Mar 20208,33614,364−6,02813,2657,397+5,8689,897.70 +3.68%
12 Mar 20209,16112,636−3,47512,3408,422+3,9189,546.60 −8.65%
11 Mar 20209,72113,237−3,5157,3464,510+2,83610,450.75 −0.11%
9 Mar 20206,07612,672−6,5969,9714,996+4,97510,462.35 −4.37%
6 Mar 20206,74610,340−3,5956,8614,318+2,54410,939.90 −2.80%
5 Mar 20205,9808,457−2,4775,0562,545+2,51111,255.35 +0.07%
4 Mar 20208,2299,107−8785,8605,095+76411,247.10 −0.42%
3 Mar 20205,6798,095−2,4166,1773,042+3,13511,294.75 +1.54%
2 Mar 20206,3767,731−1,3555,0983,959+1,13911,123.70 −0.23%
28 Feb 202014,16215,591−1,42911,7574,136+7,62111,149.15 −4.15%
27 Feb 20205,5488,676−3,1276,6963,198+3,49811,631.45 −0.55%
26 Feb 20205,8229,158−3,3376,6363,850+2,78611,695.65 −1.02%
25 Feb 20205,3577,672−2,3154,3872,822+1,56511,816.55 −0.09%
24 Feb 20205,9697,130−1,1614,1723,656+51611,827.55 −2.08%
20 Feb 20207,6326,137+1,4953,7684,468−70012,079.00 −0.52%
19 Feb 20204,8074,997−1913,1242,534+59012,142.70 +1.14%
18 Feb 20205,1335,207−74.44,3614,670−30912,006.10 −0.57%
17 Feb 20203,4073,781−3743,2943,449−15412,074.45 −0.46%
14 Feb 20204,2724,977−7054,0373,818+22012,129.65 −0.37%
13 Feb 20205,5024,440+1,0612,9523,912−96112,174.60 −0.44%
12 Feb 20205,0715,022+48.83,7963,456+33912,228.45 +0.84%
11 Feb 20204,7064,915−2093,8203,475+34512,126.85 +0.72%
10 Feb 20204,6654,850−1852,8673,603−73612,040.05 −0.46%
7 Feb 20205,0494,887+1623,9364,115−17912,095.90 −0.33%
6 Feb 20206,2526,812−5604,5454,241+30412,136.35 +0.41%
5 Feb 20207,1516,903+2495,1424,880+26312,086.30 +1.02%
4 Feb 20207,5057,138+3664,2173,615+60211,964.25 +2.23%
3 Feb 20205,8347,035−1,2005,8254,539+1,28711,703.15 +0.41%

Participant-wise open interest (F&O)

Net long-short contracts, total open interest and the change on the day, by participant and segment. Net value is the FII’s net traded value in ₹ crore. Tap a row with an arrow for the index-wise split.

ParticipantSegmentLong − shortChangeTotal OIChangeNet value (Cr)
FII−89,864+4,5942.76 L+20,458₹+300
NIFTY–––––
BANKNIFTY–––––
MIDCPNIFTY–––––
FINNIFTY–––––
NIFTYNXT50–––––
NIFTYFPI–––––
Stock Futures5.38 L+28,02214.95 L+15,308₹+1,247
2.27 L−1,7359.98 L+22,027₹−377
Call Options50,909+1,5684.33 L+18,144–
Put Options1.76 L−3,3035.65 L+3,883–
NIFTY–––––
BANKNIFTY–––––
MIDCPNIFTY–––––
FINNIFTY–––––
NIFTYNXT50–––––
NIFTYFPI–––––
7,757+53873,177+2,628₹+14
Call Options6,002+86642,546+1,900–
Put Options1,755−32830,631+728–
Cash Market––––₹−5,085
ProIndex Futures−12,871+10,25868,425+2,980–
Stock Futures63,361−18,3842.44 L+5,036–
−2.30 L−39,4209.36 L+37,834–
Call Options−1.83 L−43,3755.39 L+39,735–
Put Options−46,554+3,9553.98 L−1,901–
−43,394−1,5873.62 L+3,107–
Call Options−62,495+2,6072.13 L+1,925–
Put Options19,101−4,1941.49 L+1,182–
ClientIndex Futures44,579−16,0552.77 L+845–
Stock Futures2.72 L−7,5796.28 L−36,015–
−83,114+40,86923.62 L+1.93 L–
Call Options1.13 L+41,80714.91 L+1.73 L–
Put Options−1.96 L−9388.71 L+19,990–
37,953+1,3426.11 L−7,080–
Call Options58,809−3,1804.44 L+480–
Put Options−20,856+4,5221.66 L−7,560–
DIIIndex Futures58,156+1,20369,514+3,041–
Stock Futures−8.74 L−2,05910.18 L+11,951–
85,452+28685,452+286–
Call Options19,064019,0640–
Put Options66,388+28666,388+286–
−2,316−2932,316+293–
Call Options−2,316−2932,316+293–
Put Options0000–
Cash Market––––₹+3,636

Source: NSE participant-wise open interest and FII statistics, end of day 18 Mar 2020. Contracts in lakh (L).

Monthly FII & DII flows

MonthFII netDII netNIFTY
Nov 2026+65,736−39,804+8.37%
Oct 2026−45,162+62,220+1.72%
Sep 2026−44,013+76,030−6.37%
Aug 2026−7,533+58,269−0.82%
Jul 2026−5,780+35,099+2.48%
Jun 2026−49,028+85,798+0.48%
May 2026−55,963+82,668−1.45%
Apr 2026−70,135+51,064+7.97%
Mar 2026−1,22,540+1,42,960−11.92%
Feb 2026−6,641+38,423−0.31%
Jan 2026−41,435+69,221−3.35%
Dec 2025−34,350+79,620−0.35%
Nov 2025−17,500+77,084+1.86%
Oct 2025−2,347+52,794+5.26%
Sep 2025−35,301+65,344+0.18%
Aug 2025−46,903+94,829−0.82%
Jul 2025−47,667+60,939−3.29%
Jun 2025+7,489+72,674+2.99%
May 2025+11,773+67,642+1.85%
Apr 2025+2,735+28,228+2.75%
Mar 2025+2,014+37,586+6.67%
Feb 2025−58,988+64,853−5.67%
Jan 2025−87,375+86,592−0.78%
Dec 2024−16,983+34,195−2.05%

Yearly FII & DII flows since 2007

YearFII netDII netNIFTY
2026−3,82,494+6,61,949−4.80%
2025−3,06,419+7,88,184+10.46%
2024−3,02,435+5,26,545+8.77%
2023−21,692+1,85,610+20.21%
2022−2,77,868+2,76,555+4.58%
2021−91,626+94,846+24.47%
2020 (so far)+65,246−35,663+14.21%
2019+39,881+42,257+12.18%
2018−73,212+1,09,662+3.41%
2017−44,109+90,738+28.94%
2016−10,582+35,363+3.10%
2015−20,374+67,587−4.75%
2014+67,423−28,557+31.21%
2013+73,040−62,181+6.77%
2012+96,303−53,092+28.43%
2011−34,580+29,802−24.80%
2010+44,053−16,282+18.46%
2009+24,820+26,106+75.43%
2008−1,01,215+72,570−51.88%
2007−351+24,327+55.32%

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How to read FII DII data

Cash market. Each day FIIs (foreign portfolio investors) and DIIs (mutual funds, insurers, banks and pension funds) report what they bought and sold on the exchanges. The net value is purchases minus sales. Persistent FII selling tends to pressure large caps and the rupee; DII buying, fed by SIP flows, has often absorbed it - which is why the two lines above frequently mirror each other.

Futures and options. NSE also publishes every participant’s long and short open interest. The FII net position in index futures is the most watched number: a large net short signals a bearish or hedged stance, and a sharp change in it shows new bets being placed or old ones covered. Because Pro and Client are the other side of the same contracts, retail clients are often positioned opposite to FIIs.

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Frequently asked questions

What is FII DII data?

It is the daily record of what foreign institutional investors (FIIs, also called FPIs) and domestic institutional investors (DIIs: mutual funds, insurers, banks) bought and sold. In the cash market it is published as gross purchase, gross sales and the net value in ₹ crore; in futures and options, NSE publishes each participant’s long and short open interest.

What does FII net buy or net sell mean?

Net value is purchases minus sales. A positive number means FIIs bought more than they sold that day (net buyers); a negative number means they sold more (net sellers). Heavy, sustained FII selling often weighs on the index, while DII buying frequently absorbs it.

What was the FII DII data on 18 Mar 2020?

FIIs bought ₹6,853 crore and sold ₹11,939 crore, a net −5,085 crore. DIIs bought ₹11,245 crore and sold ₹7,609 crore, a net +3,636 crore. NIFTY closed at 8,433.70.

What is long-short open interest in participant data?

For each participant, NSE reports how many futures and options contracts they hold long and short. Long minus short is the net position: a negative index-futures number means FIIs hold more short contracts than long, which traders read as a bearish stance. The change shows what was added or cut that day.

Who are Pro and Client in participant-wise OI?

Pro is proprietary trading: brokers and members trading with their own money. Client is everyone trading through a broker, mostly retail. Together with FII and DII they add up to the whole market, so one side’s long is another side’s short.

When is FII DII data updated?

Once a day after the close. Provisional cash-market figures come out in the evening, and NSE’s participant-wise open interest follows after the F&O session. This page shows the latest trading day as soon as it is published, and any earlier day from the date picker.

Cash-market figures are provisional as published after the close. Data is for information only and is not investment advice. Derivatives trading carries substantial risk. Disclaimer

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