In recent times, the Indian stock market has seen heavy and prolonged selling, which started from October 2024 and continued till the end of February 2025. There was a strong recovery in March, but it was not enough to fully compensate for the damage caused in the last five months.
Despite the rise in March, the Sensex and Nifty have fallen by 8.17 per cent and 8.88 per cent respectively in the last six months. Selling was seen in index like BSE 250 Smallcap Index and BSE 150 midcap index. In which there has been a decline of 20 percent and 16 percent respectively in the same period.
The seriousness of the decline in equity market can be gauged from the fact that only three of the 519 equity mutual fund schemes have given positive returns in the last six months. Out of these 3 funds, 2 schemes are International Mutual Fund and a themetic fund. Let us also tell you which three mutual funds are those who have given returns to investors in this era of decline…
Aditya Birla Sun Life International Equity Fund is a global or International Equity Fund that mainly invests in shares of companies outside India. This fund was launched on 1 January 2013. Whose benchmark is S&P Global 1200 TRI. The last 6 months have given a return of 2.63 percent by the fund. The AUM of the fund is 199 crores.
Motilal Oswal Business Cycle Fund is a themetic equity mutual fund that follows business bicycle-based investment strategy. This fund was launched on 27 August 2024. The benchmark of the fund is Nifty 500 TRI. The fund has given 2.62 percent returns in the last 6 months. The AUM of the fund is Rs 1,603 crore.
Nippon India US Equity Opportunities Fund is an International Mutual Fund. It mainly invests securities related to equity and equity of Ltd Stad companies in American stock exchanges. The fund was launched on 23 July 2015. The benchmark of the fund is S&P 500 Tri. Whose AUM is 725 crores. The fund has given the investors a return of 2.30 percent in the last 6 months.
