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Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW

NAVs of 8 Nov 2026

Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund · Index & ETFs fund · Direct plan · IDCW

Index Funds (equity)Direct · IDCW
NAV · 6 Nov 2026
₹12.7822 ▼ 0.91%
Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund
Fund size₹1,349 crJuly - September 2026
1-month range₹12.25 – 13.38
1 year+13.26%
Expense ratio0.45%direct plan, a year
5 years–a year

What the fund does

Index & ETFs fund in the Index Funds (equity) category, from Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund.

Fund houseAditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund

NAV history

121314 2026-08-122026-08-252026-09-072026-09-212026-10-052026-10-162026-10-30

Returns

1 week
+2.59%avg 4.7%
1 month
-3.10%avg 4.2%
3 months
-8.21%avg -1.1%
6 months
-4.88%avg 2.0%
This year
+15.41%avg 1.1%
1 year
+13.26%avg 2.3%

Bars: this plan; the thin mark is the Index Funds (equity) average (direct plans, growth option). Over a year: yearly averages (CAGR). Past returns do not guarantee future returns. Information only, not investment advice.

Monthly returns (%)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024-1.7
2025-3.3-19.6+24.6+3.8+30.7+1.1-9.0-7.2+7.3+2.2-1.5-3.3
2026+5.6-0.5-11.2+24.3+1.5+4.5-1.9+4.2-4.5-6.2+2.6

Each month's change in NAV (the current month to the latest NAV).

What if you had invested?

Worked out from this plan's actual NAVs. SIP: invested on the first NAV of each month. Taxes and exit loads are not included. Past returns do not guarantee future returns. Information only, not investment advice.

Portfolio as on 30 Sept 2026

Stocks held2224 lines in all
Top 10 stocks85.2%of the fund
Short positions-1.5%sold through derivatives
Net equity97.4%long stocks and derivatives minus shorts

Where the money is

Equity 99.0%Cash & others 1.0%Short -1.5%

Sectors (stocks held)

Aerospace & Defense
59.4%
Auto Components
13.3%
Chemicals & Petrochemicals
11.9%
Industrial Manufacturing
8.5%
Electrical Equipment
4.0%
Agricultural, Commercial & Construction Vehicles
1.9%

Changes since 31 Aug 2026

Share of fund30 Sept 202631 Aug 2026Change
Stocks held99.0%100.0%-1.08
Short positions-1.5%-0.5%-1.05
Cash & others1.0%-0.0%+1.08
Top 10 stocks85.2%88.4%-3.21
Number of stocks2219+3
New stocks 3
  • Centum Electronics Ltd.0.92%
  • Sigma Advanced Systems Ltd.0.38%
  • Unimech Aerospace and Manufacturing Ltd.0.38%
Bought more 4
  • Bharat Electronics Ltd.+0.45
  • Aequs Ltd.+0.45
  • MTAR technologies Ltd.+0.25
  • AXISCADES Technologies Ltd.+0.25
Cut back 6
  • Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.-1.72
  • Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd.-0.69
  • Bharat Forge Ltd.-0.64
  • Bharat Dynamics Ltd.-0.38
  • Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd.-0.28
  • Solar Industries India Ltd.-0.25

Change is in percentage points. Bought more and cut back list stocks whose share of the fund moved by at least 0.25 points. A share can also move because the price changed, not only because the fund traded.

Stocks held 22

HoldingSector / type% of fund
Bharat Electronics Ltd.
INE263A01024		Aerospace & Defense19.96%
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
INE066F01020		Aerospace & Defense19.68%
Bharat Forge Ltd.
INE465A01025		Auto Components13.28%
Solar Industries India Ltd.
INE343H01029		Chemicals & Petrochemicals11.91%
MTAR technologies Ltd.
INE864I01014		Electrical Equipment4.00%
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd.
INE249Z01020		Industrial Manufacturing3.98%
Astra Microwave Products Ltd.
INE386C01029		Aerospace & Defense3.44%
Data Patterns (India) Ltd.
INE0IX101010		Aerospace & Defense3.23%
Cochin Shipyard Ltd.
INE704P01025		Industrial Manufacturing3.16%
Bharat Dynamics Ltd.
INE171Z01026		Aerospace & Defense2.54%
BEML Ltd.
INE258A01024		Agricultural, Commercial & Construction Vehicles1.89%
Zen Technologies Ltd.
INE251B01027		Aerospace & Defense1.84%
Apollo Micro Systems Ltd.
INE713T01028		Aerospace & Defense1.64%
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd.
INE382Z01011		Aerospace & Defense1.59%
Dynamatic Technologies Ltd.
INE221B01012		Industrial Manufacturing1.33%
Paras Defence And Space Technologies Ltd.
INE045601023		Aerospace & Defense1.16%
Aequs Ltd.
INE947N01017		Aerospace & Defense1.14%
AXISCADES Technologies Ltd.
INE555B01013		Aerospace & Defense0.99%
Centum Electronics Ltd.
INE320B01020		Aerospace & Defense0.92%
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd.
INE099Z01011		Aerospace & Defense0.53%
Sigma Advanced Systems Ltd.
INE933B01012		Aerospace & Defense0.38%
Unimech Aerospace and Manufacturing Ltd.
INE0U3I01011		Aerospace & Defense0.38%

Short positions 1

HoldingSector / type% of fund
Net Receivable / Payable–-1.51%

Debt, money market and cash 1

HoldingSector / type% of fund
TREPS–2.55%

From the fund house's monthly portfolio (mutualfund.adityabirlacapital.com), as on 30 Sept 2026. Percentages are of the fund's net assets; short positions are negative. Published about ten days after each month ends.

Risk

Volatility24.8%yearly, from daily NAVs
Worst fall-25.95%13 Dec 2024 → 28 Feb 2025

Volatility: how much the NAV moves, as a yearly figure (higher = bumpier). Worst fall: the biggest drop from a high, in the NAV history we hold (from 6 Sept 2024).

Fund details

Fund size (average AUM, July - September 2026)₹1,349 cr across all plans · this plan ₹6.62 cr
Fund houseAditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund
CategoryIndex & ETFs · Index Funds (equity)
PlanDirect
OptionIDCW
Expense ratio (TER)Direct 0.45% · Regular 1.14% (5 Nov 2026)
Scheme code (AMFI)152799
ISININF209KC1191
NAV date6 Nov 2026

Other plans of this fund

PlanNAV1 year
Direct · Growth₹12.7817+13.26%
Regular · Growth₹12.5802+12.46%
Regular · IDCW₹12.5778+12.46%

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Information only, not investment advice.

What is the NAV of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW today?

₹12.7822 as of 6 Nov 2026, from AMFI's official NAV data.

What are the returns of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - IDCW?

1 year: 13.26%

What is the difference between direct and regular plans?

Both invest in the same portfolio. Direct plans are bought straight from the fund house and pay no distributor commission, so their expenses are lower and their NAV grows slightly faster.