Institutional Tug-of-War: FIIs Turn Net Buyers as DIIs Offload ₹4,722 Crore in Massive Profit Booking

Markets Defy Domestic Selling to Rally 500 Points; FIIs Edge Back in Ahead of Crucial Weekend Peace Talks

In a surprising reversal of the month’s established trading pattern, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) emerged as marginal net buyers on Friday, April 17, 2026, infusing ₹683.20 crore into the cash market. This pivot comes after a grueling two weeks of record outflows and suggests a tentative "bottoming out" of foreign panic as the world prepares for the high-stakes U.S.-Iran diplomatic summit over the weekend. However, the bigger story of the day was the aggressive exit by Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs), who offloaded a staggering ₹4,721.48 crore. This massive selling—a rare move for the domestic "shock absorbers"—indicates significant profit-booking by mutual funds and insurance giants following the recent recovery from the "Hormuz Panic" lows.

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