Debt Funds category emerged as the only gainer for the week ended Oct.23, 2009

Debt Funds:
NAVs of the Debt funds category gained 0.08% in the week.

Among the Debt funds, Fortis FTP - Series 11 - Plan - B - Institutional gained 1.63%, Fortis FTP - Series 11 - Plan - B - Regular added 1.62%, ICICI Prudential S M A R T Fund - Series G - Retail rose 1.23%, Sundaram BNP Paribas Global Advantage Fund climbed 1.21% and ICICI Prudential Real Estate Securities Fund - Institutional gained 0.93%.

Index Funds:
NAVs of the Index funds category declined 2.82% in the week.

Among the Index funds, there were no gainers. NAVs of the entire schemes under this category declined during the week. Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund declined 2.16%, HDFC Index Sensex Plus Plan went down 2.53%, ICICI Prudential Spice Fund slipped 2.74%, Franklin India Index Tax Fund lost 2.75% and Principal Index Fund declined 2.77%.

ELSS Funds:
NAVs of the ELSS funds category declined 1.8% in the week.

Among the ELSS funds, there were no gainers. NAVs of the entire schemes under this category declined during the week. Escorts Tax Plan declined 0.24%, SBI Tax Advantage Fund Series 1 went down 0.26%, DSP BlackRock Tax Saver Fund slipped 0.91%, Religare Tax Plan lost 1.11% and Reliance Equity Linked Saving Fund - Series 1 declined 1.22%.

Equity-Diversified Funds:
NAVs of the Equity-Diversified funds category declined 1.56% in the week.

Among the Equity-Diversified funds, there were no gainers. NAVs of the entire schemes under this category declined during the week. Kotak Global Emerging Market Fund declined 0.01%, Tata Select Equity Fund went down 0.02%, UTI SPREAD Fund slipped 0.09%, Tata Contra Fund lost 0.11% and JM Mid Cap Fund declined 0.12%.


Balanced Funds:
NAVs of the Balanced funds category declined 0.96% in the week.

Among the Balanced funds, there were no gainers. NAVs of the entire schemes under this category declined during the week. Escorts Opportunities Fund declined 0.06%, Tata Young Citizens Fund went down 0.12%, Tata Young Citizens Fund slipped 0.12%, Tata Young Citizens Fund lost 0.12% and UTI Mahila Unit Scheme-Growth declined 0.19%.


Sector Funds:
Among major gainers in the sector fund categories were, TMT (2.65%), FMCG (2.24%), in the week.

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