The National Clearing Company of Pakistan (NCCPL) has set the long term supposition on the number of investors who trade at the Pakistan Stock Exchange at rest.
According to sources, the clearing company disclosed on its website that the active Unique Identification Numbers (UINs) allotted to each investor as of April 30, 2021, stood at 252,322.
These include individual accounts at 232,799; corporate company accounts 1,722; fund/others 1,436; foreign individuals 12,356 and accounts opened through the Roshan Digital Account (RDA) 3,778.
The remarkable number is the corporate/individual brokers who have 231 accounts at their command. In April 3,093 individual UINs were opened while 1,113 were closed. Figures for the corporate company were 22 and 24; brokers 5 and 1; funds 18 and 31; foreign individuals 271 and 106 and account opened through RDA were 531 and 14.