Reuters Market Eye - Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) extended their record net purchases of Indian stocks to a 26th consecutive sessions on Thursday, despite sharp share falls sparked by worries the Fed would unwind its monetary stimulus earlier than expected. FIIs were net buyers of 3.16 billion rupees of stocks on Thursday, while domestic institutional investors sold 5.4 billion rupees of stocks. That was below FIIs' net purchases of 5.4 billion rupees of stocks on Wednesday, which itself was well below the net buying of 25.8 billion worth of Indian shares on Tuesday. ...
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