Apar Industries, City Union Bank, MCX, and Radico Khaitan are attracting significant institutional capital allocation across multiple top-performing funds, indicating these are favored small-cap picks
Too little corroboration in the last 3 days to call a trend (3 articles). Watching for it to gain traction.
Mainstream financial press is carrying this — attention has broadened beyond specialist outlets.
"These top 5 small cap stocks that witnessed highest net buying by mutual funds in July. IDBI Bank witnessed the highest net buying in mutual funds in July. The value change in July was Rs 305 billion and on a monthly basis the value change was 303%."
"Small cap mutual funds that invest in the stocks of very small companies have given among the worst performers in 2025 with a negative average return of 5%. In June 2026, the small cap funds again gained investors' interest and received an inflow of Rs 5,601 crore."
"Motilal Oswal Small Cap Fund held a 1.95% stake worth Rs 139.70 crore, TRUSTMF Small Cap Fund held 0.75% valued at Rs 18.52 crore, and Union Small Cap Fund held 0.93% worth Rs 21.19 crore"