Around 54% equity  have outperformed their respective benchmarks over the past month, ending February 28, 2025. In total, there were 294 funds in the mentioned period, of which 159 funds outperformed their respective benchmarks.

The assets under management (AUM) of equity mutual funds excluding sectoral/thematic funds declined by 6.97% sequentially, dropping to Rs 23.12 lakh crore in February from Rs 24.85 lakh crore in January, according to a study by PL Wealth Management.

was the best performing category where 79.31% of the schemes outperformed the benchmark. It was followed by Focused Funds and Large & Mid Cap Funds which outperformed their respective benchmarks by 67.86% and 65.63% respectively during the month of February 2025.

were the least performing fund category with 21.88% of funds outperforming the benchmark.

For the month ended February, 2025, monthly returns of Nifty 50 TRI, Nifty Midcap 150 TRI & Nifty Small Cap 250 TRI were -3.49, -6.58% & -8.46% respectively.