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Retail investors share in NSE listed companies reach all-time high of 7.42%

Retail investors' share of NSE-listed companies reached an all-time high of 7.42% on March 31, 2022, up 7.33% from December 31, 2021, according to Primeinfobase. In INR value terms too, retail holding in companies listed on NSE reached an all-time high of Rs 19.16 lakh crore (US$ 256.94 billion) from Rs 19.05 lakh crore (US$ 249.12 billion) on December 31, 2021, an increase of 0.56%.

Despite share of High Net Worth Individuals (HNIs) in companies listed on NSE declining marginally to 2.21% as on March 31, 2022, from 2.28% on December 31, 2021, the combined retail and HNI share reached an all-time high of 9.64%.

During the quarter, FPIs pulled out Rs. 69,370 crore (US$ 9.07 billion) from the financial services and software sector, while investing Rs. 13,450 crore (US$ 1.76 billion) in metals & mining and food, beverages & tobacco. Share of domestic mutual funds in companies listed on NSE rose for the third quarter running and reached 7.75% as on March 31, 2022, up from 7.46 % as on December 31, 2021.

The share of retail, HNI and domestic mutual funds put together also reached an all-time high of 17.38% as on March 31, 2022, up from 17.08% as on December 31, 2021.

Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.

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