BSE Small-cap Returns

Overall, the mutual fund industry witnessed an inflow of Rs 1.2 lakh crore in February, almost similar to the one seen in the preceding month

With 72 per cent return to investors, S&P BSE SmallCap index has outperformed the Sensex and large-cap indices in the three-year period ended May 31. While the small-cap index of the BSE has given a return of 72.11 per cent, S&P BSE SmallCap Select index, which is a measure of the performance of the 60 most liquid small-cap companies, has generated a return of 66.86 per cent, as per data compiled by S&P Dow Jones Indices for a period of three years ended May 31, 2017. On the other hand, blue-chip index Sensex and S&P BSE LargeCap companies have shelled out a return of 34.24 per cent and 38.56 per cent, respectively, in the period under review. "We see that in the three-year period ending May 31, 2017, the absolute returns of the S&P BSE SmallCap and S&P BSE SmallCapSelect were significantly higher than those of the S&P BSE LargeCap and S&P BSE Sensex," S&P BSE Indices Associate Director (product management) Ved Malla told PTI. "This significant .