Online brokerage houses such as Zerodha, Upstox, and 5paisa.com have seen a spurt in the addition of investors and trading activities during the March-June period amid coronavirus pandemic.
Apart from these, Sharekhan by BNP Paribas also witnessed a growth in the onboarding of new clients and trading activities. Interestingly, a substantial number of these new investors are from smaller towns and the average age of such investors is between 25 years and 30 years, according to brokerages.
"Retail investors, after a long time, seem to have come into the markets after a crash, buying large-cap bluechip equity and are seeing