Despite nationwide lockdown and heightened volatility in market, inflows in the mutual fund industry remained intact in May.
Sectors like consumer, automobiles, technology and telecom attracted fund managers in May. Let us look at which stocks mutual funds have picked and exited in May 2020.
Large Cap
Consumer, automobiles, technology and telecom were the most sought after ones.
On a consolidated basis in large cap stocks, HUL, Zee Entertainment, Tata Motors, Wipro and JSW Steel witnessed highest buying during the month of May. Meanwhile, Piramal Enterprises, Biocon, Torrent Pharma, ABB and Hindustan Zinc saw the highest selling.
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Top 10 Buys in large cap |
Shares in lakh |
||
|
May |
April |
Increase in number of shares |
|
|
Hindustan Unilever |
998 |
622 |
376 |
|
Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
420 |
329 |
91 |
|
Tata Motors |
2155 |
1829 |
326 |
|
Wipro |
1190 |
1013 |
177 |
|
JSW Steel |
518 |
442 |
76 |
|
Bharti Infratel |
439 |
377 |
62 |
|
Colgate-Palmolive (India) |
129 |
111 |
18 |
|
Havells India |
216 |
192 |
24 |
|
Bharti Airtel |
6645 |
5915 |
730 |
|
Britannia Industries |
138 |
126 |
12 |
|
Top 10 Sells in large cap |
Shares in lakh |
||
|
May |
April |
Decrease in number of shares |
|
|
Piramal Enterprises |
7 |
9 |
-2 |
|
Biocon |
575 |
686 |
-111 |
|
Torrent Pharmaceuticals |
131 |
149 |
-18 |
|
ABB India |
117 |
132 |
-15 |
|
Hindustan Zinc |
159 |
177 |
-18 |
|
Reliance Industries |
3122 |
3399 |
-277 |
|
UPL |
334 |
364 |
-30 |
|
Interglobe Aviation |
281 |
305 |
-24 |
|
Hero Motocorp |
167 |
181 |
-14 |
|
Bank of Baroda |
4219 |
4545 |
-326 |
Mid Cap
On a consolidated basis in mid cap stocks, Shriram Transport, Adani Enterprises, Jindal Steel & Power, Kajaria Ceramic and Natco Pharma saw the highest buying during May. Meanwhile, Dalmia Bharat, LIC Housing, Jubilant Foodworks, Sundaram Finance and Glenmark Pharma were the most sold by AMCs.
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Top 10 Buys in Mid cap |
Shares in lakh |
||
|
May |
April |
Increase in number of shares |
|
|
Shriram Transport Finance Company |
37 |
28 |
9 |
|
Adani Enterprises |
138 |
109 |
29 |
|
Jindal Steel & Power |
940 |
815 |
125 |
|
Kajaria Ceramics |
254 |
223 |
31 |
|
Natco Pharma |
163 |
149 |
14 |
|
Bharat Heavy Electricals |
2092 |
1910 |
182 |
|
Motilal Oswal Financial Services |
68 |
63 |
5 |
|
Manappuram Finance |
728 |
685 |
43 |
|
161 |
152 |
9 |
|
|
Mahanagar Gas |
88 |
83 |
5 |
|
Top 10 Sells in Mid cap |
Shares in lakh |
||
|
May |
April |
Decrease in number of shares |
|
|
Dalmia Bharat |
43 |
57 |
-14 |
|
LIC Housing Finance |
302 |
393 |
-91 |
|
Jubilant FoodWorks |
153 |
193 |
-40 |
|
Sundaram Finance |
72 |
90 |
-18 |
|
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals |
84 |
103 |
-19 |
|
Oberoi Realty |
156 |
187 |
-31 |
|
Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corp |
23 |
27 |
-4 |
|
Cummins India |
501 |
560 |
-59 |
|
Ashok Leyland |
2596 |
2851 |
-255 |
|
Sun TV Network |
229 |
250 |
-21 |
Small Cap
On a consolidated basis in small cap stocks, Indian Energy Exchange, Laurus Labs, Avanti Feeds, EID Parry and Jubilant Life Sciences witnessed highest buying during May.
Meanwhile, Majesco, Chennai Petroleum, Healthcare Global, GMDC and NCC Ltd witnessed highest selling.
|
Top 10 Buys in small cap |
Shares in lakh |
||
|
May |
April |
Increase in number of shares |
|
|
Indian Energy Exchange |
441 |
373 |
68 |
|
Laurus Labs |
46 |
40 |
6 |
|
Avanti Feeds |
27 |
24 |
3 |
|
E.I.D. Parry (India) |
17 |
15 |
2 |
|
Jubilant Life Sciences |
25 |
23 |
2 |
|
Radico Khaitan |
162 |
147 |
15 |
|
Prince Pipes & Fittings |
139 |
126 |
13 |
|
Tata Elxsi |
14 |
13 |
1 |
|
TCI Express |
28 |
26 |
2 |
|
JM Financial |
369 |
341 |
28 |
|
Top 10 Sells in small cap |
Shares in lakh |
||
|
May |
April |
Decrease in number of shares |
|
|
Majesco |
27 |
36 |
-9 |
|
Chennai Petroleum Corp |
127 |
152 |
-25 |
|
Healthcare Global Enterprises |
122 |
146 |
-24 |
|
Gujarat Mineral Development Corp |
150 |
178 |
-28 |
|
NCC |
872 |
1032 |
-160 |
|
Varroc Engineering |
86 |
102 |
-16 |
|
Indian Bank |
244 |
282 |
-38 |
|
Essel Propack |
33 |
37 |
-4 |
|
Cochin Shipyard |
107 |
122 |
-15 |
|
Sobha |
98 |
112 |
-14 |
