FII
Market basicsAlso called: FPI
Foreign Institutional Investor — an overseas fund investing in Indian securities.
In plain terms
Big, fast, and often reacting to the dollar or US rates rather than to anything Indian.
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FII stake
Fundamental analysisThe share of a company held by foreign institutional investors, reported in the quarterly shareholding pattern.
In plain terms
Serious research usually precedes it, and it brings volatility with it — they can sell for global reasons. Check whether FIIs are leaving the whole market before reading it as a verdict on this company.
DII
Market basicsDomestic Institutional Investor — Indian mutual funds, insurers, pension funds and banks.
In plain terms
Funded by monthly SIP flows, which has made them the shock absorber against FII selling.
Institutional flow
Trading & ordersBuying and selling by funds, insurers and other large investors.
In plain terms
Published daily by the exchanges for FIIs and DIIs, and by name for bulk and block deals. Far less mysterious than it is made to sound.