When it comes to betting on stocks, retail investors beg to differ with FIIs

In the quarter ended September 30, 2015 retail investors increased their holdings in stocks that fell the most, while FIIs bought shares of companies that have been among market’s top performers, according to an ET study of the shareholding of companies after the second quarter. FIIs cut their stakes in banks, IT, finance, oil & gas and real estate companies in July-September while increasing their holdings in pharma, capital goods, textiles and construction stocks. Of the 1,200 stocks that have published shareholding patterns for the September quarter, FIIs increased their stake in 177 companies and reduced in nearly 322 stocks. Retail investors have upped their holdings in 620 companies and lowered in 570 stocks.