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Mumbai, June 3: Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were sellers in equity this week with outflows of Rs 33.2 crore for the week ended May 31, 2001 against inflows of Rs 193.5 crore for the week ended May 24, 2001. They were buyers in debt this week with inflows of Rs 53.6 crore against outflows of Rs 160.50 crore last week.

For the second consecutive week, FII inflows have fallen drastically and were one of the lowest this week. For the week ended May 31, 2001, FIIs made investments of Rs 20.40 crore against net inflows of Rs 33 crore for the week ended May 24, 2001.

For the week ended May 17, 2001, FIIs had made investments of Rs 385.2 crore against Rs 129.8 crore for the week ended May 10, 2001. FII investments for the week ended May 3, 2001 were Rs 268.4 crore and a week prior were still higher at Rs 302 crore.

For the year till May 31, 2001, FIIs made investments of Rs 10,668.3 crore. While during the month of May, their net inflows were Rs 786.9 crore.

Mutual funds (MFs) were sellers this week with net outflows of Rs 153.04 crore for the week ended May 31, 2001 against inflows of Rs 272.48 crore for the week ended May 24, 2001.

They were buyers in debt with inflows of Rs 87.26 crore for the week ended March 31, 2001 and sellers in equities with outflows of Rs 240.30 crore against outflows of Rs 41.89 crore last week.

During the month of May, MFs were buyers in debt with inflows of Rs 1,141.81 crore and sellers
in equity with outflows of Rs 478.22 crore.

Their investments for the month were Rs 663.59 crore. For the year as on May 31, 2001, MFs were sellers in equities with outflows of Rs 3,266.06 crore and buyers in debt with inflows of Rs 3,811.69 crore.

On the whole, they were buyers for the year with inflows of Rs 545.63 crore.