With No.2 player Zerodha continuing to lose market share, Tiger Global-backed financial services firm Groww now controls 25.1% of the stock broking market in terms of NSE active clients. According to latest data collated by Motilal Oswal, the market share of Groww stood at 25.1% and rose 41 bps month-on-month (MoM). At the same time, … Read more
As the domestic equity market keeps on making new peaks every other day, a similar surge in new Demat account additions is also being seen. In December, the total new Demat account openings touched a new high of 42 lakh, taking the number of total Demat accounts to 13.93 crore.The addition of 42 lakh new … Read more
Central Depository Services (India) Ltd on Wednesday announced the crossing of another milestone as more than 10 crore (100 million) demat accounts were registered with the platform. CDSL is India’s leading and only listed depository, with an objective of providing convenient, dependable and secure depository services at affordable cost to all market participants. The platform … Read more
India’s first and only listed depository on Thursday announced that it has crossed the milestone of having more than seven crore active demat accounts. CDSL is currently the largest depository in the country in terms of active demat accounts. “We are delighted to see that investors across various states and union territories are now contributing … Read more
Over the last eight months, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have dumped Indian stocks at a pace comparable only with that of the Global Financial Crisis, with their net sales crossing the Rs 2 lakh crore mark earlier this month. There are several factors prompting overseas investors to exit Indian stock markets in droves. Stretched valuations, … Read more
Mumbai: Sebi said on Friday investors would now have the option to block securities on their respective demat accounts for sale transactions. Under the proposed “block mechanism“, shares of a client intending to make a sale transaction will be blocked in their demat account in favour of the clearing corporation concerned. If the sale transaction … Read more
By Lav Chaturvedi In the financial year 2020-21, the nine-month period between July 2020 and March 2021 (9MFY21), was the most challenging time for almost every industry. The prolonged phase of lockdown that was enforced to contain the coronavirus pandemic came as a serious setback for them. Ironically, for the broking industry, this period was … Read more
NEW DELHI: No matter whether you made money in the breakneck stocks rally in last one year or not, brokers definitely got richer at a much faster clip, thanks to a surge in trading volume. But that period of stupendous growth might be getting over. CDSL, which provides depository services, added over 1 crore investors … Read more