HDFC Defence Fund, the only actively managed fund based on defence sector, added Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Bharat Electronics and five other stocks in its portfolio in August, according to the monthly data on ACE MF.
Around 1.54 lakh shares of HAL were added to the portfolio and the fund had 30.05 lakh shares in its portfolio in August compared to 28.50 lakh shares in July. The fund added 1.77 lakh shares of Mazagon Dock in the portfolio taking the total number of shares to 16.77 lakh in August.