AMFI Data: Equity fund inflows decline 26% MoM to ₹29,303 crore in February 2025

AMFI February 2025 data: The net inflows in the equity mutual funds (MFs) stood at ₹29,303.34 crore in February 2025 amid the bear market.

This represents a 26.16% month-on-month (MoM) drop as compared to January when the net inflows stood at ₹39,687.78 crore, according to the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) data.

For the second month in a row, the inflow in equity funds declined. However, the latest investment still marks the 47th consecutive month of net inflows into this segment.

The total assets under management or AUM declined to ₹64.5 lakh crore in February, compared to ₹67.3 lakh crore in January.

A sharp fall was witnessed in mid-cap and small-cap funds, which reported monthly inflows of ₹3,406.95 crore and ₹3,722.46 crore last month as against ₹5,147.87 crore and ₹5,720.87 crore in January, respectively.

Sectoral/thematic funds recorded monthly inflows of ₹5,711.58 crore in the month under review, compared to ₹9,016.60 crore in January.

In large-cap funds, inflows were at ₹2,866 crore, descending from ₹3,063 crore in January.

SIP inflows decline 1.5% in February 2025: AMFI

For the systematic investment plan (SIP), the inflows stood at ₹25,999 crore in February 2025, down 1.5% compared to ₹26,400 crore in January 2025.

A total of 29 mutual fund new fund offers (NFOs) were launched in February, collectively mobilising ₹4,029 crore.

Gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) witnessed an inflow of ₹1,980 crore, compared to ₹3,751 crore in January.

However, debt funds registered an outflow of ₹6,525 crore last month after experiencing an inflow of ₹1.28 lakh crore in January.

Overall, mutual funds attracted over ₹40,000 crore in the month under review as compared to a staggering inflow of ₹1.87 lakh crore in January.