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What India's stock market is made of: 4,300 companies, sorted
About 4,300 companies are listed on the main boards of NSE and BSE. A few hundred of them make up almost all of the market's value. The typical company is 36 years old, and a third are registered in Maharashtra.
The SME IPO frenzy, 2020 to 2026: what happened after the listing pop
In India's SME IPO boom, investors bid nearly 100 times the amount on offer. I studied 517 NSE Emerge IPOs and found that the typical one fell well behind the SME market after listing. IPOs with the biggest first-day jumps were among the worst after that.
The SIP machine: how ₹32,000 crore a month changed India's market
Indians now put ₹32,297 crore a month into mutual funds through SIPs, nearly four times the 2020 level. A simple look at how SIP money became the market's steadiest buyer, whether SIPs work, and what could go wrong.
India's F&O losses: ₹3.85 lakh crore in five years
Individual traders lost about ₹3.85 lakh crore in F&O between FY22 and FY26, and roughly 9 in 10 lost money every year. A simple look at SEBI's data on who lost, why, and what changed after the 2024 rules.
India's demat boom: how much more money went into stocks
India went from 4 crore demat accounts in 2020 to nearly 24 crore in 2026. A simple look at how many real investors that is, how much they put in compared with the 2000s, and who owns the market now.