Number of Investors Broke a Record in the Stock Market!

According to the data shared by the Central Registry Agency, the number of domestic investors in the stock exchange broke a record in March, exceeding 2.2 million.

The number of investors broke a record in the stock market. According to the data of the Central Registry Agency, the number of domestic investors in the stock market broke a record by exceeding 2.2 million in March. While the number of domestic investors in the stock market increased rapidly during 2020, it crossed the 2 million threshold in January 2021. According to the data announced by MKK, domestic investors were recorded as 2 million 236 thousand 892 in the stock market in March. Thus, there was a 5 percent increase in the number of investors compared to the previous month. It has been recorded that 259 thousand 916 people have participated among domestic investors since the beginning of the year. While the number of BIST 100 investors rose to 1.6 million in March, it was seen that BIST 30 investors stood at 1.2 million. It was observed that a significant portion of the investors' portfolio was formed under 10 thousand lira. According to the data announced by MKK, 54.4 percent of investors accounted for less than 10 thousand liras. The weight of investors with an account of 1 million or more is at the level of 1.3 percent.

Garanti Securities stated the following in its note on data:

As it will be remembered, in February data, we saw a monthly decrease for the first time since 2020, and interpreted the decrease as normalization after the public offerings: “After the new account openings in January, which were seen with the effect of the public offering, the investors did not open new share positions after they sold the shares they bought in the public offering and In this way, the decrease seen in balanced accounts was higher than the number of newly opened balanced accounts in February, which led us to see a decrease in the number of investors.”