Domestic institutional investors (DII) sold shares worth Rs 604 crore, while foreign investors (FIIs) bought shares worth Rs 1,504 crore, according to provisional NSE data released on August 27.

DIIs purchased Rs 12,160 crore worth of stock and sold shares worth Rs 12,764 crore. During the trading session, FIIs bought Rs 15,002 crore worth of shares and sold Rs 13,498 crore worth of equity. So far this year, FIIs have net acquired Rs 1.29 lakh crore of shares, while DIIs have bought Rs 3.13 lakh crore.

Market view

The Sensex closed up 13.65 points, or 0.02 percent, at 81,711.76, while the Nifty up 7.20 points, or 0.03 percent, to 25,017.80. About 2,036 shares climbed, 1,746 declined, and 86 were unchanged.

SBI Life Insurance, HDFC Life, Bajaj Finserv, Maruti Suzuki, and Shriram Finance were the Nifty's biggest gainers, while JSW Steel, Titan Co, HUL, Tata Motors, and Coal India were the biggest losers.  FMCG was the worst-hit sector, followed by energy, automobiles, and metals.

Ajit Mishra, SVP, Research, Religare Broking, stated that the markets moved subduedly and concluded practically flat, taking a breather after the recent rise. "The tone was upbeat in the early trading hours, but profit-taking in select heavyweight equities, along with resistance near record highs, capped future advances. A mixed trend persisted across industries, with finance and pharmaceuticals doing well but FMCG and energy closing in the red. Notably, the broader indices outperformed, with the small-cap index setting a fresh record high," he noted.