Our Bureau
Mumbai
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has recently put out a report that highlights how women across most of the states are showing great involvement in the Indian stock market. This has churned out plausible numbers and has shown a positive growth across the country even though there has been a minor fall in the younger investor numbers.
As per the reports, as of June 2025, the data reflects a very healthy surge in the participation of women in the stock market across the majority of the regions in the country. Across the states, Maharashtra currently leads with highest unique investor registrations, with a rise of 2.8% in the women-owned shares going from 25.6% in FY23 to 28.4% currently.
The reports have also pointed out the slight drop in the rate of shares of investors who are under 30 years of age. The share in the market of people under 30 years of age is now 39.5% in March 2025 dropping 0.5% from 40% in March 2024.
The report from the stock exchange stated, “Female investor participation continues to rise steadily across states… The share of investors under 30 years of age declined from 40 per cent in March 2024 to 39.5 per cent as of March 2025 and further to 39 per cent in June 2025.”
The Female participation in Gujarat has notched up a high ranking second as they have risen from 26.6% in FY23 to 27.8% in June 2025. On the other hand, Uttar Pradesh despite being the second largest investor base in the country has only 18.7% women investors. This falls way below the average representation of females across the country that stands at 24.5%. Although the state has seen a healthy rise from previously recorded 16.9% in FY23.
