Yet, the plot thickens when examining the institutional landscape. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) have nearly doubled their holdings since April 2021, surging from 9.2 per cent and 13.1 per cent to 18.1 per cent and 25.2 per cent, respectively.

BSE Smallcap index ended in the red territory at 28,838.05, down by 0.38 per cent.