New Delhi, April 15 -- Signalling a preference for disciplined and long-term equity investing, retail and high-net worth (HNI) investors bought the dip in March as flows into equity-oriented mutual funds jumped to an eight-month high.

The equity funds recorded strong net inflows of Rs.40,500 crore last month, up sharply from Rs.26,000 crore in February, a 56% increase, even as the Indian stock market's benchmark indices posted their worst monthly fall in six years amid the US-Iran war-led selloff.

FII-led extreme sell-offs, this time driven by geopolitical tensions, are increasingly being used as buying opportunities, said Abhilash Pagaria, Head - Nuvama Alternative & Quant. He added that a consistent pattern is emerging where domestic ...