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SBI Mutual Fund Gets SEBI Nod for ₹13,000 Crore IPO | India's Largest AMC to List
SBI Mutual Fund, India's largest asset management company, has received SEBI's approval for its much-awaited IPO, which is expected to be worth around ₹13,000 crore. The public issue will be entirely an Offer for Sale (OFS), with no fresh equity issuance, as existing shareholders SBI and Amundi India Holding pare their stakes. The IPO is expected to hit the market next month and will mark the listing of one of the country's most dominant mutual fund players. With average assets under management of nearly ₹12.5 lakh crore as of December 2025, SBI Mutual Fund is a key player in India's growing investment ecosystem. The listing will place it alongside other listed AMCs such as HDFC AMC, Nippon Life India AMC, ICICI Prudential AMC, UTI AMC and Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC.

Taking Stock: Markets rally for 5th straight day; Sensex, Nifty soar 4% on ceasefire deal
Nearly 100 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including Adani Energy, Titan Company, ABB India, Natco Pharma, SAIL, Anand Rathi, Aurobindo Pharma, Godawari Power, Granules India, CCL Products, among others.

Closing Bell: Market sinks on ceasefire worries; Nifty below 23,800, Sensex tanks 950 pts
On the sectoral front, oil & gas, PSU Bank, Infra, Consumer Durables, and Private Bank shed between 0.4-2%, while metal, power, pharma added 0.5-1%. L&T, Interglobe Aviation, HDFC Bank, Shriram Finance, Jio Financial are among biggest losers on the Nifty, while gainers included Dr Reddy's Labs, Hindalco, Bajaj Auto, Bharat Electronics, ONGC. Nifty Midcap and Smallcap ended on a flat note.

Taking Stock: Nifty hits 11-month low, ends below 23,900; Sensex declines 1,342 pts
On the sectoral front, auto, FMCG, PSU Bank, Consumer Durables, Private Bank, Capital Goods, IT, realty shed between 1-3%, while oil & gas, pharma indices ended with marginal gains.

Nifty top gainers: IndiGo, Asian Paints among leading stocks as crude price plunge lifts global sentiment
Among the top gainers on the Nifty, IndiGo stock rose about 3.3 percent, while Asian Paints gained over 2 percent as crude oil prices retreated sharply after Monday’s surge. Sectorally, most indices remained in positive territory, with Nifty Auto and Nifty Pharma rising about 1.2 percent each.

Broader markets outshine benchmarks; Smallcaps extend weekly winning run
Most of the sectoral indices ended in the green, with Nifty realty index surged nearly 8 percent, Nifty Pharma index rose 3 percent, Nifty Healthcare index added 3 percent, while Nifty Capital Market and Defence indices added nearly 2 percent each.

Should investors consider AMC stocks in a wobbly market?
Healthy inflows are a long-term positive for the mutual fund industry, though market volatility raises near-term concerns

MFs cut cash holdings to 16-month low amid March market selloff
Mutual fund cash holdings fell to Rs 1.86 lakh crore in March, the lowest level since December 2024, down Rs 24,319 crore, or 12 percent, from Rs 2.1 lakh crore in February

Mutual funds pump Rs 55,413 crore into financial stocks amid March selloff
Despite the buying, total mutual fund assets fell to Rs 46.6 lakh crore from Rs 51.29 lakh crore in February

Taking Stock: Market snaps two-day fall; Nifty ends at 24,000, Sensex up 444 pts
On the sectoral front, realty index up 3.5%, FMCG and media indices added 2% each, auto and PSU Bank indices rose 1% each. On the other hand, IT index shed 2%, while metal index down 1% and pharma index down 0.5%.

Nippon India MF buys additional 1.5% stake in ICRA, Goldman Sachs sells over Rs 55 crore worth shares in Cello World
Nippon Life India Trustee through its Nippon India Small Cap Fund already held 6.88 percent stake in ICRA as of March 2026.

Axis MF, SBI MF buy 2.1% stake in DOMS; HDFC Life Insurance almost exits Finolex Industries
SBI Mutual Fund held 5.88 percent stake in DOMS Industries, and Axis Mutual Fund 3.18 percent, while FILA owned 26.01 percent shares, as of March 2026.