Retail investors' bets fail to give good returns in September quarter

Mumbai: Most retail investors' bets in the September 2022 quarter failed to give them profitable returns like in several previous quarters. About 95 of the 130 stocks in which more than 5,000 retail investors bought shares in the September quarter have given an average negative return of 6% since October 1 compared to a 4% increase in the Nifty index.

For instance, Tanla Platform stock has seen an increase of more than 86,000 retail investors in the September quarter. The stock has declined nearly 6% since October 1 after a 22% negative return in the September quarter. Similarly, Tata Elxsi stock has added 34,650 new retail investors in the September quarter. However, the stock has plunged 16% so far this month. A similarity was in stocks such as , , Samvardhana Motherson International, and .
The stock prices going up or down after individual investors enter the stock does not appear to be a trend, but several mid-and small-caps stocks have gone up in this frenzy post-Covid where valuations are being ignored and were corrected sharply in the last few months.

However, a few investments by retail investors in the September quarter, such as , , System, Bharat Dynamics, , and , gave them handsome returns.

About 92,000 new retail investors bought shares of in the September quarter, and the shares rallied 10% in October.