What fund managers bought in August 2026
Holdings: August 2026 · Returns updated 13 Sep 2026
How we calculate this
Month-end holdings disclosures for active-equity funds. We count share-quantity adds and cuts, not portfolio weight. Cash, TREPS, ETFs, fund units and derivatives are dropped. Funds with no prior-month book (a first disclosure) are excluded from month-on-month counts so the whole book is not treated as "bought." 57 funds were excluded this month.
Excludes 57 funds with no prior month, so totals differ slightly from Adds & cuts.
Where the money went
Funds put +9,414 ₹ cr into Life Insurance Corporation of India, the largest net buy.
| Stock | Net ₹ cr | Funds adding / cutting | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|
Life Insurance Corporation of IndiaConviction | +9,413.8 | 75 / 3 | Insurance |
| +6,863.98 | 59 / 2 | Electrical Equipment | |
One 97 Communications LimitedConviction | +4,666.22 | 60 / 26 | Financial Technology (Fintech) |
Apar Industries LimitedConviction | +3,100.78 | 36 / 18 | Electrical Equipment |
| +3,024.51 | 56 / 0 | Auto Components | |
MANIPAL HEALTH ENTERPRISES LTDConviction | +2,124.21 | 29 / 0 | Healthcare Services |
| +2,042.53 | 53 / 41 | Capital Markets | |
| +1,986.35 | 33 / 17 | Retailing | |
| +1,839.86 | 25 / 2 | Retailing | |
Tenneco Clean Air India LimitedConviction | +1,680.29 | 39 / 6 | Auto Components |
Where the money left
Funds took −3,869 ₹ cr out of HDFC Bank Limited, the largest net sell.
| Stock | Net ₹ cr | Funds adding / cutting | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| −3,869.12 | 46 / 69 | Banks | |
| −3,392.1 | 29 / 59 | Banks | |
| −2,745.29 | 13 / 59 | IT - Software | |
| −1,911.8 | 26 / 44 | Petroleum Products | |
| −1,744.56 | 17 / 37 | IT - Software | |
| −1,696.21 | 6 / 28 | Diversified FMCG | |
| −1,592.17 | 19 / 48 | Automobiles | |
| −1,568.03 | 1 / 36 | Finance | |
| −1,412.98 | 9 / 25 | Oil | |
| −1,281.95 | 27 / 34 | Finance |
New names
56 funds added Dhoot Transmission Ltd., a name that was not in any active-equity book last month.
56 funds · +3,024.5 ₹ cr
34 funds · +277.4 ₹ cr
29 funds · +618.1 ₹ cr
21 funds · +713.6 ₹ cr
17 funds · +268.2 ₹ cr
14 funds · +339.6 ₹ cr
13 funds · +166.5 ₹ cr
12 funds · +217.1 ₹ cr
Full exits
20 funds fully exited Power Finance Corporation Limited.
- Power Finance Corporation Limited20 funds exitedNet across all funds: −1,568 ₹ cr
- BSE Limited16 funds exitedNet across all funds: +860 ₹ cr
- Tech Mahindra Limited14 funds exitedNet across all funds: −1,745 ₹ cr
- Maruti Suzuki India Limited14 funds exitedNet across all funds: −1,592 ₹ cr
- Lupin Limited13 funds exitedNet across all funds: −1,072 ₹ cr
- LIC Housing Finance Limited12 funds exitedNet across all funds: −453 ₹ cr
- Infosys Limited11 funds exitedNet across all funds: −2,745 ₹ cr
- Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd.11 funds exitedNet across all funds: −745 ₹ cr
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited11 funds exitedNet across all funds: −214 ₹ cr
- Bharat Forge Ltd.11 funds exitedNet across all funds: +7 ₹ cr
Sector rotation
Electrical Equipment saw the largest net inflow (+11,339 ₹ cr); IT - Software the largest outflow (−5,312 ₹ cr).
- Electrical Equipment+11,338.92
- Insurance+8,750.05
- Auto Components+7,922.91
- Healthcare Services+6,826.2
- Financial Technology (Fintech)+6,103.64
- IT - Software−5,311.55
- Banks−2,818.73
- Petroleum Products−2,545.93
- Finance−2,439.71
- Power−1,897.15
Fund house bets
HDFC Mutual Fund made its biggest buy in Aster DM Quality Care Limited (+1,485 ₹ cr).