March 26th, 2009 
Tushar Mathur
If FII selling is blamed for the carnage in the last one year, increased buying by domestic mutual fund houses has seen the Indian equity market bounce back recently. Between March 12 and 23, mutual fund houses net bought equities worth Rs 1319 crore against Rs 1093 crore by foreign institutional investors. In the same period, the Sensex has risen to 9424 from 8343.
However, the MFs may be trying to shore up their balance sheet for year end consideration, and so the increased buying. This is also because they had been sitting on cash for too long. But does this suggest that MFs are gaining prominence in driving the indices? Domestic institutional investors have already started showing their dominance.
Given the expansion of mutual fund industry, domestic fund houses can play a vital role in driving the market in the next five years, experts feel. For the month of February, the AUM for mutual fund industry stood at Rs 5,00,973 crore.
Source:ET
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