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No. A cash-segment institutional trading table has a stated market scope.
No. A cash-segment institutional trading table has a stated market scope. It is not automatically the same as all-asset portfolio flows, direct investment, currency transactions or changes in total foreign ownership. Use the source’s actual definition rather than broaden its label.
Not without a proper reconciliation. SIP collections are investor contributions through a payment method, while DII net buying measures market execution.
Not without a proper reconciliation. SIP collections are investor contributions through a payment method, while DII net buying measures market execution. Some contributions may later fund purchases already inside institutional activity, so simply adding them can double-count part of the same funding chain.
One positive day changes the running total but does not automatically erase earlier selling or establish a lasting reversal.
One positive day changes the running total but does not automatically erase earlier selling or establish a lasting reversal. Daily and month-to-date figures use different windows. State the cutoff and compare the cumulative balance before claiming that a trend has ended.
It compares domestic institutional net buying with the magnitude of foreign institutional net selling in the same stated market and period.
It compares domestic institutional net buying with the magnitude of foreign institutional net selling in the same stated market and period. The ratio is descriptive. It is not a guaranteed market price floor, and the label becomes misleading when both categories are buyers.
Other market participants can be net sellers against those purchases.
Other market participants can be net sellers against those purchases. Every completed trade still has a buyer and seller. Two institutional categories both buying does not imply that the entire market bought shares from nobody or that money was created by adding their net rows.
Net buying is the category’s purchases minus its sales over the stated period and market scope.
Net buying is the category’s purchases minus its sales over the stated period and market scope. A positive number means purchases exceeded sales for that category. It does not mean the market as a whole acquired shares without another party selling them.
The quoted cash-market table groups net activity by foreign and domestic institutional categories.
The quoted cash-market table groups net activity by foreign and domestic institutional categories. Net buying is purchases minus sales within that scope. These observations describe who transacted over a period; they do not reveal the motive for every trade or forecast the next index return.
Start with the date, mandate and portfolio. A short reading sequence makes the performance table more meaningful.
Start with the document date, full scheme and plan name, investment objective and benchmark. Then inspect portfolio exposure, relevant risks and costs before interpreting performance. A factsheet is a dated snapshot; the detailed Scheme Information Document and later notices provide additional terms that a short summary cannot replace.
Each bite focuses on one question. The worked example explains the mechanics; the source lets you verify the definition. For a real decision, check your scheme’s current documents, costs and disclosures.
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