In Nepal, 24 percent of the total population has opened a demat account, but the activity in the secondary market is less.
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The number of investors investing in shares has exceeded 7 million. This number is calculated on the basis of demat accounts opened for investment in shares.
According to CDS and Clearing, 70 lakh 10 thousand 916 investors have opened demat accounts till Sunday. This is about 24 percent of the total population of Nepal. But not all investors who have opened demat accounts have traded shares in the secondary market.
According to the data of Nepal Stock Exchange, currently 41 lakh 89 thousand 677 people have opened accounts for share trading in the secondary market. Among them, 26 lakh 51 thousand 20 are men, 15 lakh 28 thousand 611 are women and the remaining 10 thousand 46 are institutional investors (others), according to NEPSE data.
In this way, not all of those who have opened an account for trading in the secondary market are active. Many are inactive. According to NEPSE, only 12 lakh 48 thousand 855 people are active in the secondary market. NEPSE has been calling investors who have done at least one transaction in the last year as active investors.
2082 At the end of May, the number of companies listed in Nepal Stock Exchange Limited has reached 272. Among the listed companies, 132 are banks and financial institutions and insurance companies, while 91 are hydropower companies, 23 manufacturing and processing industries, 7 hotels, 7 investment companies, 4 trading organizations and 8 other groups. In May 2081, the number of listed companies was 270. Among the listed companies, banks and financial institutions and insurance companies have a share of 52.1 percent of the securities market capitalization. Similarly, the share of hydropower companies is 16.1%, the share of investment companies is 8%, the share of production and processing industry is 5.5%, the share of commercial organizations is 5.3%, the share of hotels is 2.8% and the share of other groups of companies is 10.2%.
