The exchange also completed the journey from 6 crore to 7 crore users in just 139 days, as compared to 241, 652 and 939 days needed for the previous milestones of 6 crore, 5 crore and 4 crore, respectively.
Of the 7 crore users, 38 per cent fall in the 30-40 age bracket, followed by 24 per cent in 20-30 age bracket, and 13 per cent in the 40-50 age bracket.
The growth has been fuelled by tech savvy young users, with an age profile of 20-40, who contributed 82 lakh of the 1 crore user additions from 6 crore to 7 crore, the BSE said in a statement.
Besides, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies recorded a new high cruising at over ₹227 lakh crore ($3.12 trillion) post touching $3 trillion mark on May 25.
BSE's MD and CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan said: "This milestone is a testament to BSE efforts to bring more investors, especially from the retail side on the exchange platform. BSE remains confident that to leverage its increasing reach and capacity for delivery of a wider range of financial products including mutual funds, insurance and so on."
Among states, the fastest growth rates from 6 crore to 7 crore registered investor accounts have recorded by Assam (82 per cent), seven sister states (northeast) (30 per cent) and Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh (24 per cent). Among the larger states, Uttar Pradesh has seen the fastest growth by onboarding 9.57 lakh investors with a growth rate of 22 per cent, followed by
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