Mar 14, 2024 09:27 AM IST
Stock market crash: In the trading session, DIIs bought shares worth ₹20,267.90 crore and sold ₹11,174.18 crore worth of shares.
Stock market crash: Domestic institutional investors (DII) bought ₹9,093.72 crore worth of shares on March 13 (Wednesday) as Sensex and Nifty witnessed huge selling pressure. Foreign institutional investors (FII) sold ₹4,595.06 crore, as per data from the stock exchanges.
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What happened in the trading session?
In the trading session, DIIs bought shares worth ₹20,267.90 crore and sold ₹11,174.18 crore worth of shares while FIIs bought ₹33,223.63 crore worth of equity while they sold ₹37,818.69 crore worth of shares.
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What is the buying and selling trend in March so far?
So far in March, FIIs bought ₹9,818.97 worth of shares. DIIs have bought ₹28,589.28 worth of equity and have been net sellers only on March 2 when they sold ₹44.71 crore worth of shares, data showed.
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What happened at the stock markets?
Benchmark indices were under pressure as Sensex closed down 906.07 points or 1.23 per cent at 72,761.89.
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Nifty 50 was down 338.00 points or 1.51 per cent at 21,997.70 and BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices were down 4 and 5 per cent, respectively. The stock market crash comes after Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch gave a froth warning on smallcaps and midcaps, saying, “There are pockets of froth in the market. Some people call it a bubble, some may call it froth. It may not be appropriate to allow that froth to keep building.”
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