Business News : Common investors of India are now showing more interest in investing with risk. This is the reason why the number of stock market investors in India is continuously increasing rapidly. Indian stock market exchange NSE (National Stock Exchange) said on Thursday that on August 8, 2024, the number of its registered investors crossed 10 crores. 

The total number of accounts registered on NSE is 19 crore

The special thing is that out of the total 10 crore investors of NSE, 1 crore investors have been registered in the last 5 months only. Not only this, NSE said that the total number of client codes (accounts) registered with the exchange is 19 crore (clients can register with more than one trading member).

In a digital India, the number of investors has more than tripled in the last 5 years due to easy investment in the stock market, increased investor awareness, financial inclusion and market performance. In the last few years, there has been a tremendous increase in the registration of investors on NSE.

It took 25 years to have 4 crore investors

The exchange said that it took more than 25 years for the number of registered investors to reach 4 crore in March 2021. After this, the increase of investors by one crore (from Rs 4 crore to Rs 10 crore) has happened on an average in 6-7 months.

The youth of the country are showing interest in the stock market

It took only 5 months for NSE to add its last 1 crore investors. According to the information provided by NSE, the average age of investors among the 10 crore registered investors is 32 years, whereas 5 years ago it was 38 years. This clearly shows that today's youth of India is showing a lot of interest in the stock market.