Pharma-specific mutual funds have been among the best performing funds over the last three months, compared to a Sensex that performed 6%, a midcap that performed 4.5% and a smallcap that performed 3.5%.

Here’s how certain sectors have performed:  

Sector                  Return

Pharma             21%

Tech                 16%

FMCG               10%

The Launch dates of these Pharma schemes were:

Reliance Pharma            Mar,  2004

UTI Pharma                    Jun,  1999

Franklin Pharma             Mar,  1999

Magnum Pharma            Jul,    1999

JM Pharma                    Jun,   2004

Assets under management of the Pharma stocks:

Companies                              Rs(Cr)

Reliance Pharma                       115

UTI Pharma                               60.4

Franklin Pharma                        46.7

Magnum Pharma                        35

JM Pharma                                6.8

Percentage of returns  on the Pharma funds:

Company                                 3-Yr                  3-Month

Reliance Pharma                        23.3                  20.7

JM Pharma                                17.4                  22.8

Magnum Pharma                        13.8                  19

Franklin Pharma                         14.4                  20.4

UTI Pharma                                14.5                  24.4

By Varinder Bansal, CNBC-TV18