Mumbai, June 24 -- Amid the market volatility due to the ongoing geopolitical tensions, new investor registrations in India's stock markets declined 2.5 per cent month-on-month to 10.5 lakh in, with Southern and Western India leading the slowdown in investor additions, according to a report by the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

The report noted that while investor registrations declined during the month, the pace of reduction was the slowest recorded in the past 12 months.

"New investor registrations decline to 10.5 lakh in May'26; slowest pace of reduction in investor additions in the past twelve months," the report stated.

On a year-on-year basis, new investor additions were 8.2 per cent lower than in May 2025. Southern India recorde...