The number of securities accounts surpass 10 million
Individual investors accounting for 99.8% of the total accounts .
Over 331,200 new securities accounts open in 8M
The number of new accounts registered by individual investors marking record high over the past two years.
New securities accounts down in August
A decline in the number of new individual securities accounts was first seen in July and continued into August, falling by 22.1 per cent year-on-year to 155,000. Domestic individual investors, meanwhile, continued to be net sellers in August for the fourth consecutive month.