Of the top 10 stocks that saw the highest increase in retail shareholders in the last one quarter, seven of them are part of the midcap and smallcap segments, and four of them belong to the public sector space, data by Prime Database showed.
In 10 stocks alone, retail investors bet more than Rs 62,100 crore in the quarter ended September, data shared by Prime Database showed. Retail investors invested nearly 75% of this money alone in HDFC Bank.