
Asian Paints, NTPC, Trent, Shriram Finance are four of the nine Nifty 50 constituents where domestic institutions significantly increased their stake during the month of June, according to a note from Motilal Oswal.
Asian Paints, NTPC, Trent, Shriram Finance are four of the nine Nifty 50 constituents where domestic institutions significantly increased their stake during the month of June, according to a note from Motilal Oswal. All the stake increases highlighted below are on a sequential basis. Here’s a look at these stocks in detail.
Asian Paints | An underperformer over the course of the year, Asian Paints has seen a 5.5% increase in stake by Domestic Institutions during June, in hopes that the industry is turning a corner and competition concerns are now down. The stock has also received a slew of upgrades and price target hikes by brokerages.
Eternal | The parent company of food delivery aggregator Zomato also saw DIIs increase their stake by 2.9% in June, taking their overall stake to 30.9%. Foreign Institutions still own 44.3% of the company. The stock is trading close to record high levels this year.
Trent | The Tata Group Enterprise is another one where DIIs raised their stake by 1.3% in June to 18.5%. Foreign Institutions own a similar stake (18.4%) in Trent at the end of the June quarter. Growth worries have prompted a sharp reversal on the stock from record high levels.
Tata Steel | Another Tata Group stock where domestic institutions bet on in June is Tata Steel, increasing their stake by 1.6% to 26.3%, while foreign institutions trimmed their stake during the quarter. The stock has risen 16% so far in 2025.
Cipla & Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories | The two Pharma names which saw a significant increase in stake domestic institution are Cipla and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, where DIIs increased their stake by 1.1% each to 29.2% and 26.7% respectively. Sun Pharma too saw an increase in stake by domestic institutions, by 0.8 percentage points in June.
Bajaj Auto | The two and three-wheeler manufacturer, which has corrected significantly from its record high, has seen DIIs increase their stake by 1.1% to 12.1%, while foreign investors trimmed their stake during the month of June.
Shriram Finance | Majorly owned by foreign institutions, domestic ones also warmed up to the non-bank lender, increasing their stake by 1% to 16.3%. The stock has declined nearly 10% in the last one month.
NTPC | The only state-run company in this list NTPC has seen a significant increase in stake by domestic institutions by 1.7%, whereas Foreign Institutions reduced their stake in the PSU by a similar quantum. The stock has remained rangebound all through the year so far.