BANGALORE:  Most of the trading in the Indian stock market takes place on its two stock exchanges: the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Every quarter, all listed companies release the data on ownership of shares to stock exchanges.

While it does not change considerably, a quarterly trend gives an approach who owns the most on India’s stock markets. Here we'll provide important facts about the Indian stock market as compiled by Yahoo Finance and how investors can gain exposure in the ownership data.

(#)Retail Investors

Retail investors buy in much lesser amount than bigger institutional investors do; therefore, it’s always difficult for the retail investors to invest directly into the stock market. Retail investors owned 18 percent of BSE 500 as of June 2014.

According to a NSE study, the retail investors have seen a constant decrease in the ownership over the past 10 years. The main reason behind such a downfall is the exiting of retail investors from the stock market through buyback or open offers commenced by companies.

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