Top 10 large cap, mid cap and small cap Mutual funds stocks in India

• NMDC, Britannia Industries, Adani Ports and SEZ, Adani Enterprises are among the top 10 large cap company stocks bought by mutual funds in the month of July.
• From the list of top large cap stocks bought in July by mutual funds, YES Bank has fallen 27%, and Hero MotoCorp has slipped 23% in the last six months.
• The industry received inflows of ₹22,583 crore in equity mutual funds in July.

With increasing awareness about investment and savings, investment products like mutual funds have become very popular. Besides, at lower interest rates, they seem to provide an attractive investment opportunity for investors.

The industry received inflows of ₹22,583 crore in equity mutual funds in July. These inflows have pushed the overall mutual fund industry’s assets under management (AUM) to ₹35.31 lakh crore as of July 2021.

Mutual fund industry manages the hard earned money of crores of investors with their quality research team. Hence it is interesting and worthy to get to know what all stocks the industry is adding to their portfolio.

Here is a list of top stocks bought by the mutual fund industry in July, according to a report by ICICIDirect.

Large cap stocks

The mutual funds industry has added the highest numbers of shares of NMDC, YES Bank, HDFC Life Insurance, some Adani Group companies — Adani Port and SEZ, Adani Enterprises in July.

From the list of large cap stocks bought in July by mutual funds, YES Bank has fallen 27%, and Hero MotoCorp has slipped 23% in the last six months.

Top 10 buys in large cap	Number of shares (in lakh) added in July
NMDC	767
YES Bank	369
HDFC Life Insurance	119
Adani Port and SEZ	93
United Spirits	66
JSW Steel	48
Britannia Industries	16
Adani Enterprises	16
Hero MotoCorp	12
Siemens	7
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Mid-cap stocks

Interestingly, the fund houses have added the most number of stocks of debt ridden telecom operator Vodafone Idea. To put into perspective, Vodafone Idea is currently going through turbulent times to raise funds, with one of its promoters, Kumar Mangalam Birla, ready to give up his 27% stake.

GMR Infrastructure, Indraprastha Gas and Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail were among top stocks in mid-cap companies bought by mutual funds in July.

Top 10 buys in mid cap	Number of shares (in lakh) added in July
Vodafone Idea	488
GMR Infrastructure	217
Indraprastha Gas	170
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail	124
Apollo Tyres	82
Container Corporation of India	56
Tata Chemicals	26
Shriram Transport Finance Company	16
Macrotech Developers	5
Godrej Industries	5
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Small cap companies

The mutual fund industry has added the highest number of shares of public sector loan financing company Housing & Urban Development Corporation. The stock has fallen 18% in the last one month.

Jindal Stainless, Arvind and Indiabulls Real Estate were other top buys by the mutual fund industry.

Top 10 buys in small cap	Number of shares (in lakh) added in July
Housing & Urban Development Corporation	281
Jindal Stainless	51
Arvind	40
Indiabulls Real Estate	23
Gokaldas Exports	19
Alicon Castalloy	15
DFM Foods	9
Nazara Technologies	6
Privi Speciality Chemicals	2
IIFL Wealth Management	2
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