The steadily rising number of Demat accounts across both depositories aptly indicates this trend. The number of active Demat accounts reached a record high of 11 core in January this year. Multiple factors have contributed to this surge, including the ease of access to market information, availability of online brokerages, increase in financial savings and the potential for good returns.

The second interim dividend will be paid to those shareholders whose names appear as beneficial owners at the end of business on 21 March as per the beneficial owners position to be downloaded by NSDL and CDSL in respect of the shares held in the electronic form and as members in the registrar of members of the company,the company said

These four entities were engaged in providing Derivative Advisor Services (DAS) which was in the nature of portfolio management services (PMS) while promising assured returns to the prospective clients. These activities were being carried out without seeking requisite registration under the PMS rules, Sebi said in its 60-page order on Tuesday

CDSL is Indias leading and only listed depository. It received its certificate of commencement of business from Sebi in February 1999 and it facilitates holding and transacting in securities in the electronic form and facilitates settlement of trades on stock exchanges

Along with the divestment decision, the board has also approved and released third quarter results of BSE. The company's consolidated net profit fell 15% to Rs 52 crore in the three months ended December period, compared with Rs 61 crore in the corresponding period of last year

Overall, BSE reported a sustained third quarter result amidst a difficult market environment. 2022 was a period of transition for the BSE, and as we embark on a new journey in the new Financial Year, I believe that a balanced business model will enable us to grow much higher," Sundararaman Ramamurthy, MD and CEO of BSE, said.

“I have been bullish particularly on the PSU banks which were quoting at one time of book because there is definitely opportunity for value pickup and rerating for some of these PSU banks. AMing the PSU banks. SBI is in a different category but beyond that also, there are some banks that merit attention.”

Shares of all Adani group companies have seen massive sell-off in the last few sessions. On Wednesday alone, they saw an erosion of nearly Rs 12 lakh crore in value. The view remains bearish for most stocks, but it will be crucial to see if stocks see a rebound.

Yes Bank had written off AT-1 bonds worth Rs 8,415 crore as part of the bailout in March 2020

At present, the top five discount brokers account for 59.1% of overall NSE active clients, up from 58.9% in October 2022. Zerodha remained the top broker with a 24 bp rise in market share to 18.3%; however, it reported a 0.5% MoM decline in its client count to 66 lakh.

The falling yields helped equities rally in November. In terms of inflation, input prices rose the least in 28 months, far below their long-run averages, while charge inflation eased to a nine-month low.

On a year-to-date (YTD) basis, the Nifty50 is up by ~5% while the MSCI EM index is down by ~25%. This outperformance of the Indian equity market has widened the valuation gap between India and other emerging markets, making the latter more attractive.

The Indian economy and markets have shown remarkable resilience on the back of strong domestic demand. High-frequency indicators like GST collections, energy consumption, toll, and tax collections continue to indicate robust growth in the underlying economy.

2022 was impacted by FII selling, Russia Ukraine war, high inflation, and a sharp increase in interest rates. We believe that inflation has mostly peaked and the pace of interest rate hikes will be lower in the coming months.

"With all the structural reforms in place and focus on infrastructure, and manufacturing incentives, we expect earnings growth to continue. The impact of higher input costs due to inflation has likely abated. One of the leading brokerages projected a 15% growth for 2023 and 2024. Other than a massive global recession, this expectation should play out over the next couple of years."

"We believe – if the markets were to remain stable – there could be a slew of IPOs. There are over 50 companies that have applied for IPO and are waiting for the right time to go public, hence a tailwind of the pipeline. Some prominent names that are in the pipeline are Oyo, ESDS, Ixigo amongst others. The SME IPO pipeline is very strong, and we have seen good appetite at even higher valuations in the market."

On Sunday evening, the countrys largest depository by way of active demat accounts said that its systems had been made live after due checks and validations.

Brokers said services such as pay-in, pay-out, pledge, or unpledged securities for margin were down due to system failure at the CDSL. However, trading was not affected, they added.

A critical aspect that usually works in such situations is the presence of skin in the game – it offers no guarantee of success, but an absence of it is a huge red flag. If a conflict of interest can be avoided, the chances of survival multiply manifold.

Central Depository Services (India) Ltd., incorporated in the year 1997, is a Small Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 12831.03 Crore) operating in Financial Services sector.

"The financial performance this quarter continues to be strengthened by our sustainable long-term strategy of investing in the digital eco-systems and robust technology to provide all market participants an easy and secured platform," CDSL MD and CEO Nehal Vora said.

"Luck might work in the short term but skill works in the longer term. So depending on whether it's a short-term or long-term mindset, luck can play a huge role. Personally, for me, I do want to feel lucky by making a tiny profit at the close of Muhurat. Though eventually, it is not really important in the longer term what happens in an hour of trading without a change in fundamentals."

"As the interest rate cycle is on an upswing, we will see valuations getting depressed across the board because it will be incrementally harder to raise money and do M&A by having leverage. All those factors which would have caused earnings growth in the longer run are going to be muted."

The mutual fund has about 10.65% in cash holdings, debt & money market instruments and arbitrage positions which can be deployed in long-term investments at appropriate levels.

“Keep some powder dry because there will be heightened volatility in the interim. We definitely seem to be decoupling from emerging markets and right now, developed markets in the short run. But one cannot completely be decoupled if yields go up aggressively and if there is reasonably quantitative tightening.”

On the daily timeframe, CDSL prices have given a breakout from the Rounding Bottom pattern, indicated beginning of trend on the upside. The breakout was confirmed by high volumes.

“The number of orders has gone up by 9% month on month. Year on year, it is roughly a 45% jump on number of orders we have seen and if I talk about Angels ADTO, at overall level, there is a month on month growth of 20%, in F&O there is a growth of 20%, in cash there is a growth of 22% and in commodity 24%,”

“Private sector banks are the best bet for me. After that, auto, capital goods and industrials would be my favourite themes. In power, a lot of gains have already been made. It is an outperforming sector and maybe now it will consolidate. We will have to look out for triggers. Now it might be the turn of capital goods and industrials to do some heavy lifting there. ”

Wednesday is also the record date for dividends by Bharat Rasayan (Rs 1.5 per share), Garware Technical Fibres (Rs 7 per share), Transpek Industry (Rs 22.5 per share), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers (Rs 1.2 per share), Yuken India (Re 0.8 per share),National Peroxide (Rs 5 per share), Emmbi Industries (Re 0.6 per share) and Intrasoft Technologies (Re 1 per share among others.

Investor accounts at Central Depository Services (CDSL), India's largest depository, crossed seven crore as on August 31, pushing the tally beyond the milestone. As on March 31, 2020, the total number of investor accounts with CDSL and National Securities Depositories were at 4.09 crore.

Duplication is possible, as an investor can open demat accounts with multiple brokers. Nevertheless, work from home, rise in mobile and data penetration, and fall in brokerage rates have supported this growth. It shows greater formalisation of the economy, too. The low interest rates earlier on fixed deposits and debt instruments also led to money flowing into the markets.

“The number of orders has gone up by 9% month on month. Year on year, it is roughly a 45% jump on number of orders we have seen and if I talk about Angels ADTO, at overall level, there is a month on month growth of 20%, in F&O there is a growth of 20%, in cash there is a growth of 22% and in commodity 24%,”

“While we have witnessed a substantial increase in Demat accounts in the last two years, it is equally important to note that NSDLs custody value increased from Rs 174 lakh crore in April 2020 to Rs 306 lakh crore ($4 trillion) in July 2022, indicating participation from both retail and institutional investors,” said Prashant Vagal, Executive Vice President, NSDL.