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Birla Sun Life buys Thomas Cook, Federal Bank; sells IDFC

In the IT space, Infosys, Tech Mahindra and HCL Technologies were the top buys, while Wipro, Cyient and Persistent Systems were the top sells by the fund.

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    Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company has increased its weightage in information technology, pharmaceutical and metals & mining sectors. However, it decreased its weightage in the banking & financial services, oil & gas and services space.Thomas Cook (India), Federal Bank and Edelweiss Financial Services were the top buys while IDFC, Sterling Holiday Resorts and National Aluminium Company were the top sells.The study of Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company for the quarter of July-September 2015 shows that, in the IT space, Infosys, Tech Mahindra and HCL Technologies were the top buys, while Wipro, Cyient and Persistent Systems were the top sells by the fund. The House also exited Hinduja Ventures.In the pharmaceuticals space the fund purchased Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Pfizer and Dr Reddy's Laboratories and introduced Granules India. However, it sold Glenmark Pharma, Lupin and Cipla and exited from Fulford (India).In the metals & mining pack, the fund bought Coal India, Tata Steel and Hindalco Industries and introduced Jindal Steel & Power. While, it sold Hindustan Zinc and Vedanta in the same pack and exited from National Aluminium Company and NMDC.In the banking and financial services space the fund sold IDFC, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Dewan Housing Finance Corporation and exited Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services . However it bought IndusInd Bank, Bank of Baroda and Bajaj Finance and added DCB Bank. (View - All Bulk Deals by Mutual Funds)In the oil & gas segment, the fund sold Reliance Industries, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Bharat Petroleum Corporation. However the house bought Cairn India, Indian Oil Corporation and GAIL India and introduced Petronet LNG.In the services space the house sold PTC India, Great Eastern Shipping Company and Container Corporation of India and exited Sterling Holiday Resorts (India). The house bought Jet Airways from the same space.Table of Stocks bought/ sold by Birla Sun Life Asset Management...contd on Page 2For 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 July-September 2015.

    Company NameShares bought StockShares sold
    Thomas Cook (India)81,10,621 IDFC-93,24,899
    Federal Bank75,70,878 Sterling Holiday Resorts -61,08,762
    Edelweiss Financial Services68,04,206 National Aluminium Co.-44,21,792
    Coal India64,46,952 Wipro-28,12,894
    Vedanta51,23,264 MEP Infrastructure-23,02,208
    ICICI Bank50,76,790 ONGC-20,34,453
    Crompton Greaves49,76,156 Zee Entertainment -20,33,929
    Tech Mahindra38,13,772 South Indian Bank-17,68,249
    Infosys36,56,115 RattanIndia Power-13,53,940
    Firstsource Solutions35,24,125 Mangalore Refinery & Petro-13,15,359
    Cairn India29,76,838 Jagran Prakashan-13,05,639
    Bank Of Baroda27,60,979 Oriental Bank of Commerce-13,04,890
    Minda Corporation21,47,166 Motherson Sumi Systems-10,86,309
    Axis Bank21,08,062 Bank Of India-10,55,747
    IndusInd Bank20,53,264 Chennai Petroleum Corpn.-9,98,648
    Dishman Pharmaceuticals18,97,422 Idea Cellular-9,30,246
    Tata Motors (DVR)18,94,699 Jaiprakash Power Ventures-8,75,014
    Sun Pharmaceutical18,86,942 Cipla-6,46,940
    Pennar Engineered Building18,79,241 Reliance Capital-6,27,288
    Power Grid Corporation18,42,958 Dewan Housing Finance-6,07,512
    Cadila Healthcare18,10,119 Shriram Transport Finance-5,79,585
    Hexaware Technologies16,42,297 Glenmark Pharma-5,27,869
    Bharti Airtel15,58,763 Megasoft-4,77,873
    Tata Chemicals15,29,532 State Bank of India-4,41,263
    HeidelbergCement India15,25,161 Kotak Mahindra Bank-3,63,244
    Hindalco Industries14,60,361 IRB Infrastructure Developers-3,60,590
    Mahindra and Mahindra13,61,158 Sun TV Network-3,44,206
    Prabhat Dairy13,32,430 Torrent Power-3,18,863
    Tata Steel13,08,806 Adani Ports and Special-3,04,148
    NTPC12,64,144 Sasken Communication Tech.-2,91,847
    HCL Technologies12,35,975 Lupin-2,81,910
    Larsen and Toubro12,10,349 Texmaco Rail & Engineering-2,76,776
    HDFC Bank11,94,087 J Kumar Infraprojects-2,44,305
    Voltas10,20,710 PVR-2,18,524
    Granules India9,85,494 Bharat Forge-2,12,804
    Bata India9,34,184 Reliance Infrastructure-1,96,781
    Kansai Nerolac Paints9,25,742 Godrej Industries-1,87,411
    Indian Oil Corporation9,19,382 VRL Logistics-1,64,499
    UPL8,41,709 Titan Company-1,59,981
    Jindal Steel & Power8,16,610 MT Educare-1,57,852
    Hindustan Unilever7,70,585 Kalpataru Power Transmission-1,50,841
    Ambuja Cements7,28,583 Raymond-1,47,039
    Capital First6,88,993 Marico-1,46,180
    Jet Airways6,57,614 Tata Coffee-1,45,152
    Tata Communications6,52,221 Balkrishna Industries-1,43,949
    Jammu and Kashmir Bank6,45,730 Banco Products (India)-1,38,822
    Gujarat State Petronet6,25,450 J. K. Cement-1,19,303
    LIC Housing Finance6,15,386 Cyient-1,18,728
    Mahindra CIE Automotive5,83,594 Great Eastern Shipping-1,13,869
    ITD Cementation India5,73,256 Persistent Systems-1,13,544
    Muthoot Finance5,55,213 Ipca Laboratories-1,11,793
    SKS Microfinance5,29,199 Chola Investment & Finance-1,05,570
    Tata Global Beverage5,18,133 NIIT Technologies-1,05,427
    ITC4,79,195 Oil India-1,00,522
    Apollo Tyres4,77,931 Shemaroo Entertainment-1,00,424
    ACC4,62,382 Finolex Industries-99,766
    Bharat Electronics4,58,831 HPCL-97,230
    Cummins India4,47,119 Sadbhav Engineering-96,182
    DB Corp4,18,180 Arvind-94,689
    Maruti Suzuki India4,16,153 Strides Arcolab-87,008
    Hindustan Zinc3,90,923 Torrent Pharmaceuticals-86,954
    Colgate Palmolive (India)3,80,990 NCC-86,911
    Reliance Industries3,80,547 Adlabs Entertainment-71,865
    Orient Cement3,71,391 BPCL-65,408
    Divis Laboratories3,67,542 Prestige Estates Projects-53,283
    Hitachi Home & Life Solutions3,53,864 Magma Fincorp-52,045
    Sanghi Industries3,46,614 M&M Financial Services-45,111
    Gujarat Fluorochemicals3,38,571 Fulford (India)-44,743
    Tata Motors3,17,360 Kewal Kiran Clothing-40,614
    Sterlite Technologies3,07,478 INOX Leisure-40,229
    KEC International3,07,305 Cox & Kings-39,219
    Castrol India2,62,865 Tourism Finance Corp.-38,251
    Pfizer2,52,656 Britannia Industries-38,021
    Tata Power Company2,51,111 Bajaj Auto-34,569
    Grasim Industries2,18,083 NMDC-33,509
    Ashok Leyland2,11,779 ILandFS Transportation-27,785
    KPIT Technologies2,09,587 Hero Motocorp-13,552
    Dalmia Bharat1,99,763 Solar Industries India-11,619
    IFGL Refractories1,97,998 Ashoka Buildcon-9,967
    Repco Home Finance1,75,041 DQ Entertainment Intl.-9,197
    Natco Pharma1,58,067 Max India-8,800
    Tata Consultancy Services1,54,777 Schneider Electric Infras.-8,024
    PNC Infratech1,49,305 City Union Bank-7,221
    Bajaj Finance1,48,526 Omkar Speciality Chemicals-6,945
    Just Dial1,42,586 WABCO India-4,357
    Greaves Cotton1,33,631 Coromandel International-3,720
    Bharat Heavy Electricals1,27,660 Whirlpool of India.-3,082
    Gujarat Industries Power1,27,144 Jubilant Foodworks-1,916
    Bayer CropScience1,26,927 MRF-943
    Dr Reddys Laboratories1,25,478 Hinduja Ventures-721
    Rallis India1,25,312 CRISIL-469
    HDFC1,20,355 Shree Cements-317
    Birla Corporation1,19,006 Container Corporation of India-270
    Jyothy Laboratories1,18,101 Nestle India-205
    Aurobindo Pharma1,17,954 Info Edge India-205
    Gulf Oil Lubricants India1,13,709 Blue Dart Express-71
    ICRA1,12,598   
    United Breweries Holdings1,12,374   
    Asian Paints1,11,867   
    PTC India1,11,131   
    Blue Star1,06,485   
    Shoppers Stop1,05,714   
    Aditya Birla Nuvo1,02,513   
    Punjab National Bank1,02,257   
    Karur Vysya Bank91,652   
    Yes Bank83,897   
    TVS Motor Company82,426   
    Oberoi Realty80,088   
    GlaxoSmithKline Pharma79,222   
    Mindtree77,656   
    Amara Raja Batteries76,353   
    DCB Bank76,134   
    Gillette India69,749   
    Bosch66,637   
    Sanofi India65,629   
    GAIL India64,443   
    Indian Bank62,926   
    Orient Refractories58,857   
    Relaxo Footwears57,126   
    Union Bank of India54,272   
    Oriental Hotels53,952   
    Sonata Software50,654   
    Inox Wind47,732   
    Finolex Cables43,616   
    Exide Industries42,117   
    Bajaj Corp41,600   
    Radico Khaitan38,441   
    Century Textiles37,290   
    Godrej Consumer Products36,145   
    Corporation Bank34,353   
    Berger Paints India33,337   
    Atul Auto28,832   
    HSIL27,679   
    Tube Investments of India27,565   
    Petronet LNG26,960   
    Bharti Infratel24,525   
    Honeywell Automation22,132   
    United Spirits21,165   
    Sundaram-Clayton20,859   
    SRF20,510   
    Alstom T&D India19,675   
    PI Industries17,614   
    Emami17,551   
    Indian Terrain Fashions17,292   
    GlaxoSmithKline Consumer16,770   
    Bajaj Finserv16,601   
    AIA Engineering16,150   
    Heritage Foods15,688   
    Gateway Distriparks15,619   
    Akzo Nobel India14,773   
    ALSTOM India14,143   
    Monte Carlo Fashions13,764   
    Simplex Infrastructures12,781   
    HT Media12,722   
    Phoenix Mills12,412   
    UltraTech Cement10,484   
    Multi Commodity Exchange10,359   
    Automotive Axles9,961   
    Hinduja Global Solutions9,786   
    Siemens9,719   
    Eicher Motors9,430   
    Gujarat Gas9,122   
    V-Guard Industries8,849   
    KPR Mill8,718   
    Sobha8,492   
    FAG Bearings India5,983   
    Credit Analysis and Research4,497   
    Apar Industries4,462   
    Shasun Pharmaceuticals3,972   
    State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur3,830   
    Va Tech Wabag3,698   
    V-Mart Retail3,565   
    The Ramco Cements3,403   
    Sundaram Finance3,339   
    Clariant Chemicals India2,854   
    Alembic Pharmaceuticals1,979   
    Biocon1,969   
    MphasiS1,875   
    Havells India1,815   
    Bharat Bijlee1,442   
    P&G Hygiene and Health Care1,350   
    Indo Count Industries1,139   
    Shriram City Union Finance1,093   
    Pidilite Industries959   
    SML Isuzu861   
    Orbit Exports713   
    Trent708   
    Page Industries649   
    ABB India518   
    Oracle Financial Services435   
    Federal-Mogul Goetze293   
    VST Industries274   
    Disa India219   
    Talwalkars Better value Fitness20   
    first published: Oct 19, 2015 01:14 pm

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