The inflows of equity mutual funds declined 22% to Rs 33,430 crore in August, down from Rs 42,702 crore in July. Last year, in August 2024, the inflows were Rs 38,239 crore.
According to the data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), among the 11 sub-categories, flexi-cap funds received the highest inflow of Rs 7,679 crore, followed by midcap funds receiving an inflow of Rs 5,330 crore in the said time period. Smallcap funds received an inflow of Rs 4,992 crore.
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On the debt side, open-ended funds reported net outflow of Rs 7980 crore, down from Rs 1,06,801 crore in July. Hybrid funds also declined to Rs 15,293 crore from Rs 20,879 crore in July 2025.
According to the AMFI data, the sectoral and thematic mutual funds received a total inflow of Rs 3,893 crore. ELSS or tax-savings funds have moved to the positive trajectory in August, receiving an inflow of Rs 59.15 crore after seeing outflows for four straight months. The dividend yield fund saw an outflow of Rs 174 crore in August.
On a monthly basis, most categories witnessed a decline in inflows except for largecap funds, midcap funds, and flexicap funds. The categories registered a growth of 33%, 3%, and 0.3% respectively.
The debt mutual funds saw an outflow of Rs 7,979 crore against an inflow of Rs 1.06 lakh crore in July.
Most of the categories saw outflows except for overnight funds, ultra short duration funds, low duration, money market, short duration, medium duration, and gilt fund with 10-year constant duration.