Retail investors rise 200% on BSE

According to the BSE 2013 Annual Report released this week, local individual contribution to turnover in 2013 was 8.7 percent rising by nearly threefold over the past five years from three percent in 2008.

The BSE registered a record turnover of P2.3 billion in 2013, meaning retail investors traded shares worth P200 million on the bourse in the year.“Over the past three years, local individual investor contribution to turnover has averaged 8.4 percent.