Stocks and sectors that mutual funds bet on

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Mutual funds (MFs) net-purchased stocks worth Rs 17,500 crore during the September quarter. According to MF tracking firm Morningstar, equity MFs increased exposure to all sectors, except real estate. Equity funds continued to prefer banking stocks, led by ICICI Bank. IT bigwigs such as TCS and Infosys, which had lost fund managers' interest for a few quarters, witnessed renewed buying.