Amidst fears of rising interest rates, high inflation and a depreciating rupee, fund houses preferred to add large-caps like
and that corrected sharply. Fund managers continued to increase exposure to companies with stable earnings and dividend yield such as and .
In the mid-cap space, some fund managers bought firms with earnings visibility and low valuations like
, which benefit due to the economy opening up, and , which is expected to benefit from the fall in raw material prices.