MF investor panic subsides even as markets dipped in March 2026

Investors returned to investing their monthly Systematic Investment Plans (SIP) arsenic the wide publication accrued 7% to ₹32087 crore successful March 2026, arsenic against the erstwhile month, erstwhile it declined, according to information from Association of Mutual Funds of India (AMFI). The betterment comes successful adjacent arsenic the Nifty 50 returns dipped 11% successful the reporting month. 

SIP contributions had decreased 3.73% to ₹29,845 crore successful February 2026 and had stagnated astatine ₹31,002 crore successful January 2026 and December 2025, reflecting capitalist panics with the galore headwinds including dropping returns owed to FII exodus, rupee depreciation, AI scares and precocious the Iran war. The fig of contributing SIP accounts besides accrued 2.8% to 9.7 crore. This excessively is connected a debased basal of 4.8% dip successful February 2026.