Mumbai, November 13 (IANS). Giving information on Thursday, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) said that the number of unique trading accounts has crossed the 24 crore mark this month. Whereas in October last year the same figure had crossed 20 crores.
The number of unique registered investors stood at 12.2 crore as of October 31, surpassing the milestone of 12 crore recorded as of September 22.
The duo now hold a total of 18.75 per cent of NSE listed companies through individual investors, direct and mutual funds by September 30, 2025, which is a 22-year high.
The highest number of investor accounts have been registered in Maharashtra at 17 percent, which is more than 4 crore accounts. After this is Uttar Pradesh with 11 percent share and Gujarat with 9 percent share. After this, the names of West Bengal and Rajasthan are included with a share of 6 percent each.
According to information provided by the exchange, the top five cities hold 49 percent of the total investor accounts, while the top 10 states contribute more than 73 percent.
According to the statement, several investor protection measures have been helpful in increasing confidence in the market. Apart from this, rapid digitalization, continuous innovation, growing middle class and progressive policy measures by the government also played an important role in increasing investor confidence in the market.
In the first half of the current financial year, the Stock Exchange has organized 11,875 investor awareness programs, in which participation of about 6.2 lakh participants was recorded. Whereas for the entire financial year 2025, this figure was 14,679 participants.
Meanwhile, NSE Investor Protection Fund has grown 19 per cent year-on-year to Rs 2,719 crore as of October 31.
In the last five years, Nifty 50 and Nifty 500 indices have played an important role in registering strong annual returns. Where Nifty 50 has registered an annual return of 15 percent and Nifty 500 has registered an annual return of 18 percent.
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