How to Track FII/DII Activity Daily (2026)
If you want to know how to track FII and DII activity day to day, the most direct source is NSE's own "FII/FPI & DII trading activity" report, which prints the latest trading day's buy, sell and net values in the capital market segment. FII stands for foreign institutional investor (the report's own label is FII/FPI) and DII for domestic institutional investor. Tracking it well means knowing which of the report's two tables you are reading, what date the number belongs to, and that the page keeps no history. This page was last checked against NSE's report and NSDL's FPI Monitor on 4 October 2026.
Definition
FII/DII activity
is the net buying or selling of Indian equities by foreign and domestic institutional investors in the stock exchanges' cash market for one trading day, in rupees crore. A positive net value is a net purchase, a negative one a net sale. It is a market-wide flow figure, not a per-stock signal. Source: NSE FII/DII report.
How do you track FII and DII activity from the exchange's own page?
Open NSE's FII/DII report page (Reports, FII/DII). It carries two tables for the capital market segment, each with a CSV download:
| Table | What it covers | Columns |
|---|---|---|
| FII/FPI & DII trading activity on NSE, BSE and MSEI | all three exchanges combined | Category, Date, Buy Value, Sell Value, Net Value (rupees crore) |
| FII/FPI & DII trading activity on NSE | NSE only | the same columns |
Both tables show one row each for DII and FII/FPI, for the latest trading day only. When a news report quotes "FIIs sold X crore", the first check is which of the two tables it took.
-9,484.22 crore rupees
FII/FPI net value on 1 October 2026, NSE, BSE and MSEI combined (DII net value: +10,041.84 crore rupees)
Source: NSE, FII/FPI & DII trading activity report, read 4 October 2026
On the same day, the NSE-only table printed an FII/FPI net of -9,159.99 crore rupees and a DII net of +9,633.63 crore rupees. The gap between the two tables is the BSE and MSEI share of the day's trading.
How is NSDL's FPI data different?
NSDL's FPI Monitor is a second, separate daily series. It is compiled from reports custodians submit to the depositories, and its own note says it "constitutes trades conducted by FIIs/FPIs on and up to the previous trading day(s)". So NSDL's row for a reporting date describes an earlier trading day than NSE's row with the same date label. NSDL also splits equity flows into stock exchange and primary market routes and reports debt, hybrid and derivative positions, which the exchange table does not. Matching the two on date labels alone compares different days.
How to read the net flow
- Positive means net purchase, negative means net sale. It nets buying against selling for the whole category on that day.
- FII and DII often move in opposite directions. On 1 October 2026 the combined table showed FII/FPI net sales and DII net purchases of similar size, so read the two rows together.
- It is a market-wide flow, not a stock signal. The number does not say which stocks were traded. For that you need company-level ownership data.
- Name the source and the date. "NSE combined, 1 October 2026" and "NSDL, reporting date 1 October 2026" are different trading days and different scopes.
A simple daily routine
- Read the report after the session closes, and note which table you used.
- Record the figure the same day. The report page returns only the latest trading day, so a series you do not record cannot be read back from it later.
- Compare against recent days. One day of net sales is noise; a run of them is a trend worth noting.
- Pair the flow with ownership data. To see which companies institutions hold, move from the daily flow to the quarterly shareholding pattern, where the FPI holdings and DII holdings sit on named lines.
Getting it in one place
Reading FII/DII data once is easy; keeping a dated history and tying it to per-stock ownership is the harder part. A dedicated FII/DII tracker collects the daily figures over time, and the background on the categories is in what FII/DII activity is. That is how to track FII DII activity without losing the dates. Flock keeps these figures dated and source-linked. What the flow means for you is your call to make.
Frequently asked questions
Where does daily FII/DII data come from?
NSE's FII/FPI and DII trading activity report prints two tables for the capital market segment: one for NSE, BSE and MSEI combined, and one for NSE alone. Each shows buy value, sell value and net value in rupees crore for the latest trading day. Source: NSE, FII/DII report page, read 4 October 2026.
Why do two FII/DII numbers for the same day differ?
Usually because one is NSE alone and the other is NSE, BSE and MSEI combined. On 1 October 2026 NSE printed an FII/FPI net of minus 9,159.99 crore rupees for NSE alone and minus 9,484.22 crore rupees for all three exchanges. Source: NSE, FII/DII report page, read 4 October 2026.
Is NSDL's FPI figure the same as the exchange FII figure?
No. NSDL's FPI Monitor is compiled from custodian reports and, by its own note, holds trades conducted by FPIs on and up to the previous trading day. Its row for a reporting date therefore describes an earlier trading day than the exchange figure with the same date. Source: NSDL FPI Monitor, read 4 October 2026.
Can I get past days' FII/DII figures from NSE's report page?
Not from the report page itself. On 4 October 2026 both of its data feeds returned only the latest trading day, 1 October 2026, with no history. To keep a series you have to record each day's figure when it is published. Source: NSE, FII/DII report page, read 4 October 2026.
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