19% of Indians Invest in the Indian Stock Market

As per the latest statistics, over 19% of Indians are investing in Indian Stock Market (Directly & Indirectly)

It becomes more important to peep into the progress of other countries in aspects of risk-related investments.

Equity markets are so slippery that a little negligence in a trade can wipe your built asset base of the underlying assets.

Indians have kept away from this trading business and for long they have been investing in savings, or in bank, bonds investments in public and in well-to-do private companies.

Are we Indians scared to put money into equities or do not intend to make more money? You will be surprised if I say, the current leading economies with whom we are competing, have their citizens’ participation in the stock market in this ratio. It is USA (55%), UK (33%), and China ( 13%).

Not surprisingly, over 19 percent of the Indian population participates in stock market trading directly and indirectly.

The statistical figures state that you will find 11 crore accounts in January 2023 and 8.4 crore when compared to the same time last year.

Remember, set aside the percentage of the population making their participation in the stock markets, you will find that more people participate.

They were retail investors, participating in selling their stocks rather than purchasing more stocks.

This business culture began and lasted until 2019, in which, a select category of retailers, institutional players, and foreign direct Investors, FDI began to increase their contribution in stock markets.

People (retail investors) began to make significant value investments in stock markets and it resulted in a net inflow of INR 15,200 crore.

In India’s two major stock exchanges NSE/BSE, it proved to manage 80 percent of the total trade value.

Moreover, Mumbai maintains a significant contribution of 67.8 %, Ahmedabad (11.4%) cash turnover in NSE.

In addition, you will notice Chennai being at 5.1%, and Delhi at 4.6.