Mutual Fund Investment in Equity Markets at Rs.70,000 cr in 2015

Mutual fund houses continued to be bullish on the equity markets in 2015 and purchased shares worth a staggering over Rs.70,000 crore, primarily on account of strong participation from retail investors.

This is on top of Rs.23,843 crore already being infused in the entire 2014.

In comparison, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) made a net investment of just Rs.16,674 crore during the period.

However, in the last three years, foreign funds have made an average investment of $ 2,000 cr ($ 20 billion) (about Rs.1 lakh crore) each in the Indian stock markets.

According to the latest SEBI data, domestic mutual fund managers have invested a net Rs.70,173 crore in the equity markets in 2015. The inflows could be much higher for this year as four trading sessions are still left.

Equity MFs, including equity-linked saving schemes, have seen a net inflow of nearly Rs.87,000 crore till November this year.

The surge in inflows into equity schemes has prompted fund houses to pump money in the share markets.

In addition, robust inflows from retail investors in the equity segment have also helped.

As per the industry body AMFI 4 lakh to 7 lakh retail folios are being added to the industry every month.

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