Foreign funds continue to sell equities, turn buyers of debt on August 21

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Foreign institutional investors sold $118 million in equities, but bought $267 million in debt on August 21, data from the stock market regulator showed on Thursday.

Provisional National Stock Exchange data showed, foreign funds sold a net $198 million in equities on Thursday, despite the BSE Sensex closing up 2.27 percent.

(Reporting by Swati Bhat; Editing by Anand Basu)