FIIs Sell ₹6580 Cr as Nifty Cracks 260 Points | Market Insights August 28, 2025

FIIs Sell ₹6580 Cr as Nifty Cracks 260 Points | Market Insights August 28, 2025

In today’s episode of Indian Market in Minutes from Motilal Oswal Research Desk, host Shivangi Sarda brings you everything you need to know from the world of finance. Nifty witnessed heavy selling pressure throughout the session, slipping below key supports and closing with a 260-point loss. It formed a big bearish candle, while India VIX spiked 3.7% to 12.2 levels, signaling rising market volatility. Follow this podcast for daily market updates and solid trading advice.

In today’s episode of Indian Market in Minutes from Motilal Oswal Research Desk, host Shivangi Sarda brings you everything you need to know from the world of finance.

Nifty witnessed heavy selling pressure throughout the session, slipping below key supports and closing with a 260-point loss. It formed a big bearish candle, while India VIX spiked 3.7% to 12.2 levels, signaling rising market volatility.

Follow this podcast for daily market updates and solid trading advice.

[00:00:00] Welcome to Indian Market in Minutes from Motilal Oswal Research Test. We will be covering technical and derivatives, SII's activity, index, actionable, sectors and stocks to watch out. So stay tuned till the end.

[00:00:21] Hey, this is your host Shivangi Sarda and to start with our first segment for Thursday, 28 August 2025, Nifty Index opened negative and slipped right from the initial hour and each upward attempt was swiftly met with selling pressure. It breached its immediate support zones and broke 24,700 in the last hour of the trade. It formed a big bearish candle on the daily frame and closed with losses of around 260 points.

[00:00:48] India Wix was up by around 3.7% to 12.2 levels. Nifty put call ratio decreased to 0.72. Option data suggests a broader trading range in between 24,200 to 25,200, while immediate range is in between 24,500 to 24,900 levels.

[00:01:09] Moving on to the second segment, in the equity cash market, FIIs were net sellers to the tune of 6,580 crores, while DIIs were buyers worth 6,807 crores. FIIs' index long-shot ratio increased to 14.3%. Going ahead with the index actionable, derivative, Seta and price setups suggest,

[00:01:33] till Nifty holds below 24,850, weakness could be seen towards 24,500, while hurdles have placed at 25,000 zones. Till the time bank Nifty holds below 54,750, some weakness could be seen towards 54,000 levels, while on the upside, hurdle can be seen at 55,000 zones.

[00:01:55] And finally, talking about the sectors and stocks to watch out, positive setup can be seen in Britannia, Aisha Motors, Maruti, Granules, HAL, Naika, Chindal Stainless, L&T Finance and Dalmia Bharat. While some weakness could be seen in K-Fintech, Vedanta, Shriram Finance, MCX, BSE and Inda Starwar. Wish you a super day ahead. Shmangi Sarda signing off. Follow this podcast for solid advice.

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