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FII DII activity · Tuesday, 20 January 2026

FII DII data for 20 January 2026, 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.

← 19 Jan21 Jan →Latest

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 75% long in index futures; FIIs are 9% long. When the two disagree this widely, one side is wrong.

Bhav Dhan Index that evening: Real retreat (Bhav 13, Dhan 39). The full reading →

Index futures: who holds which sidecontracts at the close

ParticipantLongShortNetLong shareNet change on the day
FII22,659224,226−201,5679.2%−8,470
DII75,92835,088+40,84068.4%−745
Retail (client)224,01075,707+148,30374.7%+5,607
Pro59,25946,835+12,42455.9%+3,608

FII index options

LongShortNet
Calls482,542542,656−60,114
Puts681,612372,373+309,239

Monthly totals₹ crore, NSE provisional

Recent sessions

DateFII netDII netTogetherRead
Tue 20 Jan———Opposite sides
Mon 19 Jan———Opposite sides
Fri 16 Jan———Opposite sides
Wed 14 Jan———Opposite sides
Tue 13 Jan———Opposite sides
Mon 12 Jan———Opposite sides
Fri 9 Jan———Opposite sides
Thu 8 Jan———Opposite sides
Wed 7 Jan———Opposite sides
Tue 6 Jan———Opposite sides
Mon 5 Jan———Opposite sides
Fri 2 Jan———Opposite sides
Thu 1 Jan———Opposite sides
Wed 31 Dec———Opposite sides
Tue 30 Dec———Opposite sides
Mon 29 Dec———Opposite sides
Fri 26 Dec———Opposite sides
Wed 24 Dec———Opposite sides
Tue 23 Dec———Opposite sides
Mon 22 Dec———Opposite sides
Fri 19 Dec———Opposite sides
Thu 18 Dec———Opposite sides
Wed 17 Dec———Opposite sides
Tue 16 Dec———Opposite sides
Mon 15 Dec———Opposite sides
Fri 12 Dec———Opposite sides
Thu 11 Dec———Opposite sides
Wed 10 Dec———Opposite sides
Tue 9 Dec———Opposite sides
Mon 8 Dec———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.

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