Inflows into equity mutual funds jump 14.5% to Rs 41,156 crore in December: AMFI

Net assets under management (AUM) declined marginally by 1.69 per cent to Rs 66,93,032.12 crore in December, compared to Rs 68,08,101.16 crore in the previous month.

Within equity mutual fund schemes, inflows into sectoral/thematic doubled to Rs 15,331.54 crore compared to Rs 7,657.75 crore in November. Flex cap mutual funds witnessed inflows of Rs 4,730.71 crore, as against flows of Rs 5,084.11 crore in November.

While inflows into small cap funds was Rs 4,667.70 crore, mid cap funds saw flows worth Rs 5,093.22 crore in the reporting month.

Inflows into multi cap funds stood at Rs 3,075.11 crore, compared to Rs 3,626.46 crore in the previous month.

Debt mutual fund schemes saw outflows of Rs 1,27,152.63 crore in December, compared to inflows of Rs 12,915.9 crore in November.

During the reporting month, outflows were witnessed in shorter duration funds such as overnight funds (Rs 22,347.58 crore), liquid funds (Rs 66,532.12 crore) and ultra short duration fund (Rs 2,410.1 crore).

Outflows from money market funds stood at Rs 25,842.96 crore in December, as against inflows of Rs 2,426.11 crore in the previous month, the AMFI data showed.

Net inflows in hybrid mutual funds remained almost the same at Rs 4,369.78 crore, as against Rs 4,123.69 crore in the previous month. Flows into gold exchange traded funds (ETF) declined to Rs 640.16 crore in December from Rs 1,256.72 crore in the previous month.