During India’s March selloff, mutual funds are estimated to have deployed about Rs 80,000 crore into equities, cutting back cash holdings as they moved to offset heavy foreign institutional investor selling. The purchases arrived during an over 11% market correction and amid rising crude oil prices tied to the Gulf crisis, underscoring a sharp inverse link between oil and Indian equities.
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