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A Demat Account Can Hold The Following Range Of Securities:

• Shares
• Stocks
• E-gold
• Bonds
• Government securities
• IPOs
• Exchange-traded funds
• Non-Convertible debentures
• Mutual funds traded on the stock exchange

Benefits Of A Demat Account

The Technological Strides Made In The Last Few Years Has Led To A Lot Of Benefits To Holding A Demat Account:

• Traders can make a transaction at their convenience, making it convenient and time-saving.
• There is no tedious paperwork required to register transactions.
• No risk of theft, delays, or forging of physical copies of share certificates, bonds, etc. since the securities are stored in electronic form.
• You have a single integrated platform for holding debt as well as equity instruments.
• Automated credits made to register demat account in case of bonus, splits, mergers, consolidations, etc.
• Eliminates need for multiple communications: every stakeholder is notified of the transaction through electronic alerts removing the need to contact the company, trader, investor.
• Address changes are updated with every company invested in by the investor through the Depository Participant.
• One single share can be bought/sold unlike earlier when shares were transacted only in lots.
• Removal of stamp duty costs which were otherwise associated with physical records of securities has led to significant reduction in the cost of trading.