Equity mutual fund inflows hit a 12-month high in March. Equity mutual funds witnessed a total inflow of ₹20,534 crore in March as against an inflow of ₹15,685 crore in February.
Many equity mutual fund schemes preferred to do fresh investment in Canara Bank, Varun Beverages, HAL, Page Industries, HDFC AMC, Mahindra CIE Automotive, Infosys, NMDC, Adani Wilmar and Apollo Tyres.
Some equity schemes completely exited from Gland Pharma, Firstsource Solutions, Yes Bank, Bandhan Bank, GAIL India, Britannia Industries, Vedanta Ltd, National Aluminium Company and Bajaj Auto.
Textile, FMCG, Mining, Power, Oil & Gas and Capital Goods were preferred investment sectors of Equity MF Schemes.
Some MF schemes exited their investments from IT, Alcohol, Insurance, Logistics, Consumer Durables and Telecom sectors.
Small Cap Schemes got net inflows of ₹ 2,430 Cr while Mid Cap Schemes received inflows of ₹ 2,129 Cr. Kotak Emerging Equity Fund and Nippon Small Cap Fund received high inflows compared to other schemes.
It is very interesting to know which schemes received major inflows, which schemes faced redemption pressure, top traded stocks and fresh stock picks by AMCs during March month.
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