FII DII activity · Thursday, 20 March 2025

FII DII data for 20 March 2025, decoded

Foreign and domestic institutional money in the cash market, and who holds which side of the index in futures, read together. Not just the net figure.

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Cash marketNSE provisional, ₹ crore

FII / FPI—net

DII—net

Institutions together—FII and DII net combined

What it meansdecoded by rule

Opposite sidesRetail clients are 60% long in index futures; FIIs are 30% long. When the two disagree this widely, one side is wrong.

Index futures: who holds which sidecontracts at the close

Participant	Long	Short	Net	Long share	Net change on the day
FII	81,120	192,190	−111,070	29.7%	+17,320
DII	114,276	39,897	+74,379	74.1%	+4,026
Retail (client)	207,628	136,007	+71,621	60.4%	−23,039
Pro	36,946	71,876	−34,930	34.0%	+1,693

FII index options

	Long	Short	Net
Calls	684,160	496,670	+187,490
Puts	743,274	550,034	+193,240

Monthly totals₹ crore, NSE provisional

Recent sessions

Date	FII net	DII net	Together	Read
Thu 20 Mar	—	—	—	Opposite sides
Wed 19 Mar	—	—	—	Opposite sides

Source: NSE (FII/DII trading activity, provisional; participant-wise open interest) and NSDL (final FPI flows). Decoded by FinMinutes using published rules. FII here means NSE's FII/FPI category. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.