Mumbai, March 8 (TIWN) Holdings of foreign institutional investors (FII) in Nifty50 have reached a five-year high as investments flowed in at an unprecedented rate amid the pandemic.

FII ownership in Nifty50 rose 170 basis points (bps) to 27.6 per cent during October-December on a quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) basis, showed a Motilal Oswal Institutional Equities.  Meanwhile, holdings of domestic institutional investors (DII) in Nifty50 saw a reduction of 30 bps to 16 per cent. The FII/DII ownership ratio has moved up to 1.6x in December 2020.