financetom
Personal Finance
financetom
/
Personal Finance
/
All that you need to know that happened last week in Mutual Funds
News World Market Environment Technology Personal Finance Politics Retail Business Economy Cryptocurrency Forex Stocks Market Commodities
All that you need to know that happened last week in Mutual Funds
Jul 28, 2018 11:54 AM

History was made this week as BSE Sensex made another all-time high crossing the 37,000 level on the way. Recovery in SmallCap and MidCap stocks came as a relief to investors. HDFC AMC IPO was the other hot topic of the week - the issue was 83 times oversubscribed beating all market estimates. This further signifies the overall positive outlook for Mutual Fund Industry in India.

Live TV

Loading...

What worked best?

It was a positive week for Equity Markets. BSE Sensex and NIFTY went up by 2.30% and 2.44% respectively over the week. Smallcap and Midcap Indexes outperformed the large-cap indexes as Bse Smallcap was up by 4.64% and BSE Midcap was up by 4.71%.

IndexWeekly openingWeekly closeIncrease/Decrease
BSE Sensex36,496.3737,336.852.30%
Nifty11,010.2011,278.352.44%
BSE Smallcap15,721.4316,450.204.64%
BSE Midcap15,196.4615,912.624.71%

Source- BSE/NSE

Top 5 Best Performing Funds Last Week:

NameWeek1Y Return3Y ReturnSub-Category
HSBC INFRASTRUCTURE EQUITY GROWTH DIRECT PLAN7.3%-12.1%1.4%Sectoral/Thematic
HDFC INFRASTRUCTURE GROWTH DIRECT PLAN6.9%-16.3%1.5%Sectoral/Thematic
RELIANCE POWER AND INFRA GROWTH DIRECT PLAN6.3%-3.9%9.3%Sectoral/Thematic
RELIANCE TAX SAVER GROWTH DIRECT PLAN6.0%-7.3%6.6%ELSS
ICICI PRUDENTIAL NIFTY NEXT 50 INDEX GROWTH DIRECT PLAN5.9%5.0%13.1%Index Funds

Source – Kuvera.in

What investors bought?

We saw the most inflows last week in these 5 schemes –

Fund1Y return3Y returnSub-category
L&T EMERGING BUSINESSES GROWTH DIRECT PLAN6.8%13.9%Small Cap Fund
AXIS FOCUSED 25 GROWTH DIRECT PLAN23.3%17.8%Focused Fund
KOTAK STANDARD MULTICAP GROWTH DIRECT PLAN10.0%14.4%Multi-Cap Fund
HDFC SMALL CAP GROWTH DIRECT PLAN17.1%19.9%Small Cap Fund
AXIS ARBITRAGE GROWTH DIRECT PLAN6.8%6.9%Arbitrage Fund

Source – Kuvera.in

Movers and shakers at Fund House:

1. Invesco announced that its India Liquid fund will now be co-managed by Krishna Cheemalapati and Abhishek Bandiwdekar.

2. DSP BlackRock Mutual Fund announced Mr Gopal Agrawal’s appointment to the post of Senior Fund Manager and Head, Macro Strategy.

In other news:

1. Much awaited, HDFC AMC’s IPO was a great success as the issue was oversubscribed by 83 times.

2. SENSEX reached an all-time high during the week and crossed the 37,000 mark for the first time. The index ended the week at 37,336.85

3. Reports emerged that Samco Securities and Equity Intelligence India have applied with SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) for license to launch their own Mutual Fund businesses.

Quote of the week

“Invest for the long-term.” – Lou Simpson

Manvendra Singh Rathore is an Analyst at Kuvera.in: India’s first completely free Direct Mutual Fund investing platform. He is on a mission to make wealth management accessible to all. He is passionate about Mutual funds, Equity Markets and Technical analysis.

Gaurav Rastogi is the CEO of Kuvera.in: a free direct mutual fund investing platform. Gaurav managed a pan-Asia quantitative portfolio for Morgan Stanley before he started Kuvera.

First Published:Jul 28, 2018 8:54 PM IST

Comments
Welcome to financetom comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Related Articles >
Research Alert: CFRA Lowers Opinion On Shares Of Stellantis N.v. To Hold From Buy
Research Alert: CFRA Lowers Opinion On Shares Of Stellantis N.v. To Hold From Buy
Mar 22, 2024
08:25 AM EDT, 03/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows: We increase our 12-month target by $2 to $30, based on a '25 P/E of 4.7x, a justified premium to its historical average forward P/E of 4.3x. Our estimates are...
Research Alert: CFRA Raises Opinion On Shares Of Lululemon Athletica To Strong Buy From Buy
Research Alert: CFRA Raises Opinion On Shares Of Lululemon Athletica To Strong Buy From Buy
Mar 22, 2024
08:15 AM EDT, 03/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows: We maintain our 12-month price target of $550, based on 37.9x our FY 25 (Jan.) EPS estimate and below the company's 5-year average forward P/E multiple of 42.7x. We maintain...
Research Alert: CFRA Maintains Buy Opinion On Shares Of Apple Inc.
Research Alert: CFRA Maintains Buy Opinion On Shares Of Apple Inc.
Mar 22, 2024
08:20 AM EDT, 03/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows: The U.S. is suing AAPL, accusing it of monopolizing the smartphone market by citing that AAPL makes it difficult for competitors to integrate with the iPhone, thus raising prices and...
Research Alert: CFRA Lowers Opinion On Shares Of Stellantis N.v. To Hold From Buy
Research Alert: CFRA Lowers Opinion On Shares Of Stellantis N.v. To Hold From Buy
Mar 22, 2024
08:30 AM EDT, 03/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows: We increase our 12-month target by $2 to $30, based on a '25 P/E of 4.7x, a justified premium to its historical average forward P/E of 4.3x. Our estimates are...
Copyright 2023-2024 - www.financetom.com All Rights Reserved