** ITC ITC.NS , HDFC Bank HDBK.NS , Tata Consultancy
Services TCS.NS and Reliance Industries RELI.NS were among
top large-cap purchases by top Indian mutual funds in March,
Nuvama Alternative & Quantitative Research says
** Funds bought 179 bln rupees worth of ITC shares, ~32 bln
rupees worth HDBK, ~15 bln rupees worth TCS and 10 bln rupees
worth RELI - Nuvama
** Indian fund houses bought 82.8 bln rupees worth HDBK in
February
** ITC shares up 5.4% in March, HDBK gained 3.2%, RELI rose
1.7%
** Max Healthcare MAXE.NS , Aurobindo Pharma ARBN.NS and
Indus Towers INUS.NS were among top mid-cap buys; NLC India
NLCI.NS and Aster DM Health ATRD.NS were top small-cap
purchases - Nuvama
** Among large-caps, fund houses sold 22.5 bln rupees worth
of State Bank of India SBI.NS shares, ~12 bln rupees worth
Bharti Airtel BRTI.NS and ~10 bln rupees worth ICICI Bank
ICBK.NS - Nuvama
(Reporting by Sethuraman NR in Bengaluru)
((Sethuraman.NR@thomsonreuters.com; (+91 9945291420); Reuters
Messaging: nallur.sethuraman.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))