Equity Mutual Fund Inflows Jump To 8-Month High Of ₹40,450 C...
10 Apr 2026
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Among the 11 sub-categories, flexicap funds attracted the highest inflows at Rs 10,054 crore, marking the second consecutive month of inflows exceeding Rs 10,000 crore.
Equity mutual fund inflows jumped 56% to Rs 40,450 crore in March, compared with Rs 25,977 crore in February. On a year-on-year basis, inflows rose 61% from Rs 25,082 crore.
Among the 11 sub-categories, flexicap funds attracted the highest inflows at Rs 10,054 crore, marking the second consecutive month of inflows exceeding Rs 10,000 crore.
Smallcap funds received the second-highest inflows at Rs 6,263 crore, followed by midcap funds at Rs 6,063 crore. Value/contra funds saw the lowest positive inflows at Rs 2,155 crore.
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ELSS funds and dividend funds recorded outflows of Rs 437 crore and Rs 59.21 crore, respectively, in March.
On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, value/contra and focused funds saw inflows surge 196% and 169%, respectively. Mid and smallcap funds recorded increases of 51% and 61% in monthly inflows.
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Debt funds
Debt mutual funds saw an outflow of Rs 2.94 lakh crore in March, compared with an inflow of Rs 42,106 crore in February. In March last year, these funds had recorded an outflow of Rs 2.02 lakh crore.
Across the 16 sub-categories, all segments witnessed outflows in March, with liquid funds seeing the highest outflow at Rs 1.34 lakh crore. Overnight funds recorded outflows of Rs 40,227 crore, followed by money market funds at Rs 29,206 crore.
Credit risk funds saw the lowest outflow at Rs 329 crore during the month.
Hybrid funds
Hybrid funds recorded an outflow of Rs 16,538 crore in March, compared with an inflow of Rs 11,983 crore in February. In March 2025, the category had seen a modest outflow of Rs 946 crore.
Among the six sub-categories, only multi-asset allocation funds and aggressive hybrid funds saw inflows, while the rest recorded outflows. Multi-asset allocation funds attracted the highest inflow at Rs 5,212 crore in March, compared with Rs 8,476 crore in the previous month.
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