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A million new dematerialised accounts were opened for a third straight month in August, taking the total retail accounts tally to 44.46 million. Since the start of the year, close to 6 million demat accounts have got opened, a record for any calendar year, say industry participants.
The surge in new account openings has been underpinned by the rally in stocks. From the Covid-19 lows in March, the benchmark indices had jumped more than 50 per cent. Several individual stocks have more than doubled luring many investors towards direct investing.
Ease of account openings, thanks to
