As per the depository participant NSDL, equity mutual funds have bagged another title to their cap as logging in investment worth Rs. 1 lakh crore in this until Calendar Year. SEBI data shows a three-fold increase in inflow into the equity fund category which until November 10 this year spiked to Rs 102,810 crore.

FPIs have invested a total of Rs. 48,910 crore into the segment. The increase has also been vigilant into the SIP space which has mopped up close to Rs. 5600 crore in the October month alone.

Liquidity post demonetisation has moved the benchmark indices higher and even rally forth to record new highs of 33,866 and 10,490 levels.

But given the correction in the stock markets going ahead, investors will now be wary of investments into equity on a standalone basis and the sector however will continue to outperform.

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