MTF Insights — October 2020

India's combined NSE + BSE MTF book rose ₹770 crore (12.2%) in October 2020 to ₹7,059 crore on 30 Oct 2020 — the 9th-largest monthly rise since tracking began, and 54.5% higher than a year earlier. The book grew on 15 of 20 sessions. Reliance Industries added the most, ₹235 crore.

IndiaMTF · 30 Sep 2020 to 30 Oct 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	₹501	+₹235	+94.5%
LAURUSLABSLaurus Labs	₹145	+₹67	+431.1%
TCSTata Consultancy Services	₹79	+₹62	+289.0%
DRREDDYDr. Reddy's Laboratories	₹94	+₹58	+152.6%
HEROMOTOCOHero MotoCorp	₹71	+₹57	+395.1%

Biggest unwinds	Book (₹ Cr)	Change	Shares
HDHDFCHDFC Limited	₹44	−₹58	−59.0%
NESTLEINDNestle India	₹23	−₹37	−60.6%
LTLarsen & Toubro	₹121	−₹33	−21.5%
KOTAKBANKKotak Mahindra Bank	₹10	−₹33	−77.2%
ICICIBANKICICI Bank	₹58	−₹26	−34.3%

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Day by day

Change in the combined book on each trading day. The largest single-day addition was +₹230 Cr on 15 Oct 2020; the largest fall was −₹210 Cr on 01 Oct 2020.

Sectors

Energy Minerals supplied 31% of the month's increase on its own. 5 sectors shrank while the book grew 12.2%, led by Industrial Services.

NSE, BSE and concentration

NSE’s book moved +12.7% to ₹6,868 Cr and BSE’s −1.5% to ₹191 Cr, so BSE held 2.7% of the combined book. The ten largest positions held 25.3% of the whole book at month-end, 1.0 points more than a month earlier.

October in context

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