# DSP fund manager urges buying whole oil basket amid Hormuz tensions 2026-08-18T03:15:47+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet (2 source reports) Oil and gas stocks are moving in opposite directions after the Hormuz Strait tensions, but DSP Mutual Fund manager Singh advises investors to buy the whole basket rather than pick a side, NDTV Profit reports. Upstream companies have gained on output fears, while downstream firms fell on margin worries. Singh told NDTV Profit in an exclusive email interview that the contrasting valuations within the sector make owning both segments attractive. He argued that the divergence creates a rare opportunity to hedge across the oil cycle. The fund manager recommended a balanced exposure to capture gains from both crude-linked producers and domestic-focused refiners. Investors will watch for any escalation in Hormuz and its effect on weekly inventory data. ## Coverage - ndtvprofit.com - ndtvprofit.com (2) This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Tags: crude oil, DSP Mutual Fund, Strait of Hormuz Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/dsp-fund-manager-urges-buying-whole-oil-basket-amid-hormuz-tensions/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/dsp-fund-manager-urges-buying-whole-oil-basket-amid-hormuz-tensions/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/