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Franklin Templeton winds up six funds

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Last week, Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund shut down 6 of its open-ended debt funds, locking in ₹30,800 crore worth of investors funds
The fund house citied severe market dislocation and illiquidity caused by the coronavirus and said that the decision has been taken in order to protect value for investors via a managed sale of the portfolio
Multiple factors like weak global cues, no clarity over coronavirus cases in India and nervousness caused by Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund winding up 6 of its debt schemes led to benchmark indices closing in the red
Nifty50 closed down 1.2% at 9,154.4 and Sensex closed down 0.8% at 31,327.2
The India VIX continued its downward trend and came down to 39.1175 on Friday. It has dropped by 53.2% over the previous 1 month
Foreign portfolio investors continued selling and have pulled out ₹6,822 crore out of equity markets so far this month. They have pulled out ₹54,852 crore from equity markets in 2020

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