MTF Insights — February 2020

India's combined NSE + BSE MTF book rose ₹133 crore (1.9%) in February 2020 to ₹7,094 crore on 28 Feb 2020, and 69.8% higher than a year earlier. It set a record ₹7,310 crore on 26 Feb 2020 before easing. The book grew on 12 of 20 sessions. Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation added the most, ₹52 crore.

IndiaMTF · 31 Jan 2020 to 28 Feb 2020 · Tracking MTF data and analytics since 27 Sep 2017

Stocks

Largest changes in funded value over the month, among stocks present in both month-end files. The share column is the change in shares under margin, adjusted for splits and bonuses — it shows whether more stock was genuinely borrowed against, rather than a price move.

Biggest additions	Book (₹ Cr)	Change	Shares
IRCTCIndian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation	₹68	+₹52	+180.5%
LTLarsen & Toubro	₹268	+₹51	+29.8%
HCLTECHHCL Technologies	₹64	+₹41	+165.9%
HDHDFCHDFC Limited	₹120	+₹39	+48.4%
HEROMOTOCOHero MotoCorp	₹97	+₹38	+75.0%

Biggest unwinds	Book (₹ Cr)	Change	Shares
RELIANCEReliance Industries	₹277	−₹67	−16.9%
DLFDLF Limited	₹13	−₹33	−48.0%
ICICIBANKICICI Bank	₹61	−₹28	−29.9%
AXISBANKAxis Bank	₹75	−₹27	−25.1%
YESBANKYes Bank	₹174	−₹26	−10.8%

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Prince Pipes and Fittings₹1FAFairchem Speciality₹0Newgen Software Technologies₹0Cosmo First₹0Hathway Cable & Datacom₹0ICICICI Prud Nifty ETF₹0PG Electroplast₹0AGI Greenpac₹0Swan Corp₹0BABajaj Corp₹0CECommercial Eng & Co₹0Elgi Equipments₹0+19 more

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Religare Enterprises₹1Coffee Day Enterprises₹0Control Print₹0Deccan Cements₹0Foseco India₹0GVK Power & Infrastructure₹0JIJiya Eco-products₹0OCOdisha Cement₹0Pokarna₹0Ramky Infrastructure₹0Safari Industries (India)₹0Saksoft₹0+19 more

Day by day

Change in the combined book on each trading day. The largest single-day addition was +₹438 Cr on 12 Feb 2020; the largest fall was −₹494 Cr on 11 Feb 2020.

Sectors

Unclassified supplied 55% of the month's increase on its own. 5 sectors shrank while the book grew 1.9%, led by Finance.

NSE, BSE and concentration

NSE’s book moved +2.1% to ₹6,620 Cr and BSE’s −1.2% to ₹474 Cr, so BSE held 6.7% of the combined book. The ten largest positions held 24.0% of the whole book at month-end, 1.5 points less than a month earlier.

February in context

Month-end is the last trading day in the archive for the month; changes compare 31 Jan 2020 with 28 Feb 2020. Sector figures sum each day’s largest positions on a fixed basis. See the methodology for every definition.