Retail Stock Investors Sentiment Driven, Tend To Engage In Speculative Trading, Says Report
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The report said there is a need for market regulators to ensure that the participation is informed and educated. (Representative image) The report highlighted that it was in FY '21 that the stock market witnessed increasing interest from the retail investors. With retail participation assuming a sizable weightage in the Indian stock market, the regulator SEBI should ensure that individual investors are constantly kept informed and educated about the market dynamics, since this segment of investors are ‘highly sentimental driven’, an ASSOCHAM-CareEdge Ratings report has said. The report said that retail participation contributes to improving liquidity of markets and depth of the order book. A diversified investor base, comprising both retail and institutional investors is important for market resilience in emerging markets during periods of volatile international flows. However, it could also add to greater market volatility, it added. Retail investors are highly sentime