ET Online | 12 Aug 2026, 03:15 PM ISTRetail investors are doubling down on falling bluechips, buying shares worth nearly Rs 18,000 crore in six major stocks during the June quarter. IT stocks dominated the contrarian bet, with Infosys, TCS, Wipro and HCL Tech attracting Rs 12,230 crore. Infosys saw the highest retail buying at Rs 3,864 crore, followed by Reliance Industries at Rs 3,764 crore. Show more Show lessRead more onRelated Videos02:1203:0202:1104:1502:1002:3408:1401:4902:1904:4202:2301:2002:2006:1016:1523:1801:2801:4901:3505:3302:5410:4502:0603:1603:0417:4708:4303:1105:2503:3203:3209:5315:0008:5702:56
₹18K cr bet! Retail investors bet on Infosys, TCS, Reliance & 3 other falling bluechips
Retail investors are doubling down on falling bluechips, buying shares worth nearly Rs 18,000 crore in six major stocks during the June quarter. IT stocks dominated the contrarian bet, with Infosys, TCS, Wipro and HCL Tech attracting Rs 12,230 crore. Infosys saw the highest retail buying at Rs 3,864 crore, followed by Reliance Industries at Rs 3,764 crore.
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Retail investors bought ₹18,000 crore in India IT bluechips (Q2), with Infosys leading at ₹3,864 crore in a ₹12,230 crore IT total. Signals confidence in cloud and AI infrastructure cyclical recovery; software majors repriced as defensive bets amid enterprise capex recovery.
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