Thursday, August 9, 2012

Kotak Mahindra MF sells media, tobacco, buys banking, metal


Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund has slashed its exposure in media & entertainment, tobacco and consumer non-durables space. However, it increased its weightage in oil & gas, banking & financial services and metals & mining. Power Grid Corporation, Sun TV Network and Tata Power Company were top sells, while Redington (India), Tata Motors (DVR) and Zuari Industries were top buys by the fund.

The study of Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund for the month of July 2012 showed that in the media & entertainment space, the fund sold DB Corp, Hathway Cable, Hindustan Media Ventures and also exited Sun TV Network. However, it bought Zee Entertainment Enterprises. In the tobacco pack it sold ITC. In the consumer non-durables sector, it sold Hindustan Unilever, Dabur India and Bata India, while it introduced Godrej Industries and Colgate Palmolive (India). It also bought Gillette India. (View - All Bulk Deals by Mutual Funds).

The fund purchased Reliance Industries, ONGC and Cairn India in the oil & gas space. However, it sold Oil India, HPCL and Gujarat State Petronet. In the banking & financial services segment, it introduced Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bank Of India, IDBI Bank and Syndicate Bank. The fund also purchased HDFC, SBI and HDFC Bank. However, it sold PNB, Axis Bank and Bank of Baroda.

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