MTF Insights — August 2020

India's combined NSE + BSE MTF book rose ₹845 crore (12.7%) in August 2020 to a record ₹7,508 crore on 31 Aug 2020 — the 7th-largest monthly rise since tracking began, and 79.1% higher than a year earlier. The book grew on 14 of 20 sessions. Reliance Industries added the most, ₹88 crore.

IndiaMTF · 30 Jul 2020 to 31 Aug 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
RELIANCEReliance Industries	₹396	+₹88	+25.0%
BHARTIARTLBharti Airtel	₹238	+₹81	+59.3%
AUROPHARMAAurobindo Pharma	₹77	+₹66	+485.8%
JUJUBILANTJubilant Life Science	₹68	+₹64	+969.5%
EICHERMOTEicher Motors	₹75	+₹61	+4318.1%

Biggest unwinds	Book (₹ Cr)	Change	Shares
ICICIBANKICICI Bank	₹70	−₹158	−71.3%
BAJFINANCEBajaj Finance	₹124	−₹99	−45.8%
RERELIANCEPPReliance RS.2.50 Ppd Up	₹1	−₹82	−99.4%
JSWSTEELJSW Steel	₹68	−₹71	−64.1%
AXISBANKAxis Bank	₹42	−₹61	−62.4%

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Day by day

Change in the combined book on each trading day. The largest single-day addition was +₹249 Cr on 20 Aug 2020; the largest fall was −₹163 Cr on 18 Aug 2020.

Sectors

Health Technology supplied 35% of the month's increase on its own. 5 sectors shrank while the book grew 12.7%, led by Finance.

NSE, BSE and concentration

NSE’s book moved +13.3% to ₹7,237 Cr and BSE’s −1.5% to ₹271 Cr, so BSE held 3.6% of the combined book. The ten largest positions held 21.4% of the whole book at month-end, 4.8 points less than a month earlier.

August in context

Month-end is the last trading day in the archive for the month; changes compare 30 Jul 2020 with 31 Aug 2020. Sector figures sum each day’s largest positions on a fixed basis. See the methodology for every definition.