Sensex and Nifty Cos. – FII holdings trend

Foreign  Institutional  Investors (FIIs) continue to increase their holdings in Sensex and Nifty Companies as per the trend .Analyzing the SHP data, on Quarter-on-Quarter basis, FIIs have increased their holdings in 26 out of 51 companies. On yearly basis, FIIs have increased their holdings in 32 companies.

Though the FII holdings have not significantly increased in any of the companies but the holdings also have not witnessed any deep cut. Amidst the global economic turmoil, FIIs have also adopted a conservative approach and have not been so consistent while investing in the Indian markets.

The following is the trend analysis of FII holdings in 51 Sensex and Nifty Companies in the last 5 quarters. The trend of 5 quarters has been depicted in the form of sparklines. Additionally, advances and declines have been highlighted on quarterly and annual basis.

FII-Holdings Trend:

  

Source: BSE

Q-o-Q basis: 

Analyzing the Top 5 Losers on Q-o-Q basis, Cairn India has witnessed a steep decline of 36.22% from 11.65% in Q4, 2010 to 7.45% in Q1, 2011. The big daddy, SBI has also seen a decline of 15.00% from 12.80% in Q4, 2010 to 10.88% in Q1, 2011. Ambuja Cements, IDFC and Jaiprakash Associates being the other prominent losers on Q-o-Q basis.

 

In the top 5 Gainers category, FIIs have increased their holdings in ONGC from 4.45% in Q42010 to 4.84% in Q12011, accounting to an increase of 8.76% on quarterly basis. Larsen and Toubro stood at a close 2nd position with 8.30%. Siemens, Hindustan Unilever and Coal India taking also witnessed an increase of 7.14%, 6.32% and 4.60% in their respective FII holdings.

Y-o-Y basis:

 

On Yearly basis as well, Cairn India continued it’s dismal show and could not manage to allure the FIIs. It managed a drop of steep 42.15% in it’s FII holdings from Q12010 to Q12011. The other prominent losers are Jaiprakash, Siemens, Bajaj Auto and Dr. Reddy.

In the yearly gainers category, Power Grid managed a whopping increase of 89.15% in FII holdings from a meager 1.46% in Q12010 to 13.46% in Q12011. NTPC being a distant second at 27.68% increase in it’s FII holdings on a yearly basis. The next three in line are Reliance Power, ACC and Tata Power at 21.99%, 16.15% and 12.82%. On reanalyzing the list, 4 out of 5 stocks are from power industry and all 5 stocks are from the ‘Infrastructure’ club.

Coal India, NTPC and Power Grid have witnessed a continuous increase in the FII holdings with every passing quarter. On the contrary, Bajaj Auto has seen a continuous decrease in the FII holdings on quarterly basis.

The average FII holdings for Sensex and Nifty companies have dipped a bit from 18.78% in Q42010 to 18.53% in Q12011.The average FII holdings for Q32010 and Q22010 were 19.08% and 18.71% respectively. This is under the assumption that same set of stocks represent as combined constituents of Sensex and Nifty. Coal India and Sun Pharma are recent inclusions in Sensex with effect from 08-Aug-11 in place of Reliance Infra and Reliance Communications.