HDFC Mutual Fund buys oil & gas, metal, bank; sells pharma

HDFC Mutual Fund has increased its weightage in the oil & gas, metals & mining and banking & financial services sectors, while slashed its exposure in the pharmaceuticals, engineering & capital goods and cement & construction space.

March 10, 2011 / 14:38 IST
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HDFC Mutual Fund has increased its weightage in the oil & gas, metals & mining and banking & financial services sectors, while slashed its exposure in the pharmaceuticals, engineering & capital goods and cement & construction space.

ITC, Reliance Industries and Sterlite Industries were the top buys, while Petronet LNG, NHPC and Nagarjuna Construction were the top sells. A study of the HDFC Mutual Fund portfolio for the month of January 2011 showed that in the oil & gas space, the fund purchased Reliance Industries, GAIL India and IOC. However, it sold ONGC, Petronet LNG and Oil India. (View - All Bulk Deals by Mutual Funds). In the metals & mining segment, it bought Tata Steel, Sterlite Industries and Hindalco Industries, while it sold ISMT. It bought SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank in the banking & financial services sector. But it exited Punjab & Sind Bank and LIC Housing Finance in the same space. Also it sold HDFC, Axis Bank and Punjab National Bank. The selling was seen in the pharmaceuticals pack, where it sold Biocon, Sun Pharma and Cipla. It also exited Suven Life Sciences. However, it bought Divis Laboratories and Dr Reddys Laboratories. (Check out - Which sectors are attracting Fund Managers?). In the engineering & capital goods sector, the fund exited Gujarat Pipavav Port and sold L&T and KEC International. But it purchased Kirloskar Pneumatic, Atlas Copco and Carborundum Universal. It sold Nagarjuna Construction, Sadbhav Engineering and Simplex Infrastructures in the cement & construction space. Table of Stocks bought/ sold by HDFC Mutual Fund ...contd on Page 2 For more Mutual Fund Action in Market click here _PAGEBREAK_ Note - The number of shares has been calculated based on the closing price of the stocks on the BSE/NSE as on the portfolio date for Dec 2010-Jan 2011.

Company NameShares BoughtCompany NameShares Sold
ITC5,844,079Petronet LNG Ltd4,957,374
Reliance Industries5,641,186NHPC4,354,302
Sterlite Industries (India)4,230,646Nagarjuna Construction3,237,910
Zee Entertainment 2,227,000Biocon1,540,595
Tata Steel1,738,825Suven Life Sciences1,477,612
ICICI Bank1,536,470Texmaco981,404
Hindalco Industries1,502,724Zee Learn657,048
Bharti Airtel1,426,258Exide Industries601,810
JBF Industries1,197,300Sun Pharmaceutical 601,802
GAIL India974,736Indo Rama Synthetics495,325
Sundram Fasteners955,000Jet Airways392,500
Tube Investments of India798,972Jubilant Foodworks364,734
Jaiprakash Associates610,574Britannia Industries351,755
State Bank of India585,571Rural Electrification315,476
Tata Chemicals571,000Patni Computer Systems300,000
Steel Authority of India528,508Sadbhav Engineering300,000
Kirloskar Pneumatic 513,541Emami200,000
Hindustan Unilever509,853Cipla195,283
Indian Oil Corporation421,560Marico183,610
ISMT329,898ONGC169,175
Tamil Nadu Newsprint 226,000LIC Housing Finance163,080
Elecon Engineering Co208,822GlaxoSmithKline Consumer149,422
Blue Star185,502Larsen and Toubro140,050
Bata India183,462Pidilite Industries134,340
TTK Prestige180,600Oil India100,000
BPCL169,069Gujarat Pipavav Port87,929
Wipro165,492HPCL75,500
Carborundum Universal145,163Axis Bank74,866
Coal India141,027Aarti Industries66,334
Indian Bank120,000CRISIL41,000
Infosys Technologies104,412KEC International36,000
Amara Raja Batteries100,000Punjab & Sind Bank33,039
Raymond100,000ILandFS Transportation19,988
Siemens97,736Vascon Engineers4,650
HDFC Bank83,349
Bharat Electronics72,129
Atlas Copco (India)50,497
MM Forgings48,348
Simplex Infrastructures36,000
Nucleus Software30,900
Ahmednagar Forgings27,371
Divis Laboratories27,057
NRB Bearings25,000
NTPC14,731
HDFC11,896
Clariant Chemicals India10,000
Reliance Communications6,506
Tata Consultancy5,274
Mahindra and Mahindra4,047
DLF3,809
Jindal Steel & Power3,786
Tata Motors3,141
Bharat Heavy Electricals1,539
Tata Power Company1,498
Reliance Infrastructure1,325
Bajaj Auto1,309
Maruti Suzuki India1,301
Hero Honda Motors902
Power Grid Corporation744
IDFC558
Ambuja Cements431
Suzlon Energy399
Reliance Power289
Cairn India226
Sesa Goa199
Kotak Mahindra Bank186
HCL Technologies125
Ranbaxy Laboratories80
Punjab National Bank70
Dr Reddys Laboratories66
Reliance Capital59
ACC53
first published: Feb 14, 2011 03:00 pm

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