Best and worst Performing Sector Funds of Year 2017

DSIJ Intelligence / 28 Dec 2017

As the year-end has approached most of you are eager to know the mutual fund movers and shakers of the year 2017. Read on to find the performance of various sector dedicated funds.

The year 2017 will be a momentous year for the Indian mutual fund industry. For the first time in history of the assets under management (AUM) crossed the milestone of Rs. 20 lakh crore. At the end of November, total AUM stood at Rs. 22.79 lakh crore. This increase was led by both rise in inflows as well as mark to market gains. The rise in equity indices has helped increase the overall AUM of the MF industry. In the first eight month of FY18, equity funds witnessed a net inflow of Rs. 36,585 crore and their AUM stood at Rs. 6,56,269 crore at the end of November 2017.

 

One Year Return (%)

 

Row Labels

Number of Funds

Average

Maximum

Minimum

Benchmark

EQ-BANK

11

45.80

56.96

30.45

44.26

EQ-FMCG

2

52.04

62.56

41.83

43.55

EQ-INFRA

19

53.90

68.6

38.45

37.04

EQ-INTL

35

16.85

47.02

-2.85

NA

EQ-IT

5

21.43

26.64

14.4

13.23

EQ-Pharma

4

8.29

11.06

4.67

-2.52

Nevertheless, not all the sectors have performed equally. There were certain sectors that lagged the broader market while others outperformed. The following table shows the performance of sectors with respect to their benchmark.

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