Small-cap stocks, Aug. 1 -- Some 60 small-cap stocks caught the eyes of both mutual funds and foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) during the recently concluded June quarter. Often labelled as "smart money", the buying trends of MFs and FPIs hold the key for retail investors, especially in their preferred small-cap segment.

Interestingly, 54 of these 60 small-cap stocks have delivered positive returns since April, gaining up to 60%.

KFin Technologies saw FPI stake in the company grow from 22.96% to 28.31%, recording a 5.35% increase in stake, while MFs raised their stake in the stock by 3.28%, according to Capitaline data.

Meanwhile, in Aptus Value Housing Finance, the MF stake jumped by 6.16% to 16.04% as of the June quarter. At the sam...