10% households invest in markets: Survey
Among states, nearly 21% of households in Delhi invest in securities market products, followed by 17% in Maharashtra.
With 4.5% stock-related investing households, Uttarakhand has the lowest penetration among states.
The survey also found that at all-India level, mutual funds with 6.7% penetration among households beat stocks at 5.3%.
Other products like F&O, REITs/InvITs, and corporate bonds have less than 1% penetration.
“Nearly 80% of households prefer capital preservation over higher returns (and) 79% of Gen-Z households also display risk-averse behaviour,” the survey showed.The nationwide survey was commissioned by Sebi, along with Amfi, BSE, NSE and other market infrastructure institutions.
