Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth net Rs 1081.30 crore on Wednesday, 5 December 2007, compared to their buying of Rs 19.50 crore on Tuesday, 4 December 2007.
FIIs inflow of Rs 1081.30 crore on 5 December 2007 was a result of gross purchases of Rs 5515.50 crore and gross sales Rs 4434.20 crore. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 208.57 points or 1.07% to 19,738.07 on that day.
FII inflow in calendar year 2007 totaled Rs 68,602.90 crore (till 5 December 2007).
There are a total of 1,180 FIIs registered with the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi).