Market watchers say the trend of HFTs getting more active in the cash market could be driven by two factors. One, mid and small caps have outperformed large caps by a huge margin. Two, competition appears to be heating up in the equity futures and options segment
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth Rs 865 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) purchased Rs 1,607.08 crore worth of stocks on January 11, provisional data from the NSE showed.