Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH
Copies an index like the Nifty 50 or Sensex. Low fees, no active fund manager, returns match the market. From Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund. It's been running since 2 Sep 2024.
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Year by year
Calendar-year returns. 2 of last 3 years were positive.
Price over time
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Bumpiness & worst drops
The value swings roughly 28% up or down in a typical year. Finance-speak calls this volatility.
A lump sum invested at the previous peak would have temporarily lost about this much before recovering. Finance-speak calls this max drawdown.
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Fund info
- Fund house
- Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund
- Category
- Index Funds - Equity Funds
- Plan
- Direct
- Option
- Growth
- ISIN (Growth)
- INF209KC1183
- ISIN (Div re-invest)
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- Fund code
- 152798
- First price on record
- 2 Sep 2024 · 497 daily prices
About Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH is a Index Funds - Equity Funds offered by Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund under the Direct plan with the Growth option. It has approximately 2 years of NAV track record. The fund falls in the index category — Copies an index like the Nifty 50 or Sensex. Low fees, no active fund manager, returns match the market.
The current NAV of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH is ₹13.9007 (as of 4 Sep 2026). Historically, it has delivered 28.73% over the last year. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance.
Over the last three years, the fund's prices have moved with 27.8% annualised volatility — a "very high" level of bumpiness; its deepest peak-to-trough fall on record was 27.8%. Being mentally prepared for drawdowns of this size is what separates long-term investors from reactive traders.
Frequently asked
What is the latest NAV of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH?+
The latest NAV of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH is ₹13.9007 as of 4 Sep 2026, up 0.39% from the previous day. NAV is updated once a business day after the market close.
What are the returns of Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH?+
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH has delivered 1-year return 28.73%, since-inception CAGR 18.26%. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance — markets move in cycles.
What category does Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH belong to?+
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH is categorised as Index Funds - Equity Funds. Copies an index like the Nifty 50 or Sensex. Low fees, no active fund manager, returns match the market.
How risky is Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH?+
Based on its 3-year annualised volatility of 27.8%, Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH sits in the "very high" risk bucket. Volatility measures how much prices swing — higher means bigger ups and downs along the way.
Is Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH a direct plan?+
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH is a Direct plan (no distributor commission — lower expense ratio) with the Growth option (all returns compound within the fund, no interim payouts).
How old is Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH?+
Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty India Defence Index Fund - Direct Plan - GROWTH has NAV history available from 2 Sep 2024 — approximately 2 years of track record and 497 daily NAV observations.
Numbers are computed from stored daily prices from mfapi.in/AMFI. This is descriptive analytics, not investment advice. Past performance is not indicative of future returns.