INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Domestic share markets reversed early gains on Monday despite strong fund inflows and advances in Asian peers
Selling in auto stocks offset buying in energy and select banking counters
month, the foreign portfolio investors have so far purchased shares worth Rs
17,919 crore, according to data compiled by National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL).Net foreign portfolio inflows into domestic
equities hit a 15-month high of $2.42 billion in February, a big swing from 2018's net outflows of $4.4 billion.In Friday's session alone,
the foreign institutional investors bought shares worth Rs
4,323.49 crore, according to provisional figures on the National Stock Exchange.Dewan Housing Finance Corp rose over 4 per cent after chief
financial officer Santosh Sharma was redesignated to another role.Weakness in the domestic share markets came despite gains in Asian peers,
Japan's Nikkei advanced 0.59 per cent, and MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.6 per cent.The Sensex had added
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