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Market volatility puts lump-sum investing in focus as SIP growth slows

Indian markets moved higher in a mutual funds development.

· LiveMint Markets

While SIP contributions climbed to a record ₹32,490 crore in September, the slowdown is in the growth rate, not in the absolute amount invested.

Fund flows and NAV moves show where domestic retail conviction is actually going, month after month.

Because the driver here is macro rather than company-specific, the read-through is to index-level positioning rather than to any single name — correlations tend to rise when the whole market faces the same signal.

  • This is a market-wide development — its reach goes beyond any single stock.