個人株主が過去最多　株式分割で買いやすく―２３年度

　東証が２日公表した２０２３年度株式分布調査によると、東証など国内４取引所に上場する企業の個人株主は延べ人数で２２年度比４６２万人増加し、７４４５万人と過去最多となった。株価の上昇基調に加え、ＮＴＴなどによる株式分割で投資単位が下がり、個人が買いやすくなったことが背景にある。
　個人株主の増加は１０年連続。株式分割の影響で２４７万人増加した。昨年７月、１対２５の株式分割を実施したＮＴＴで約１０６万人増えたほか、オリエンタルランドと三菱商事ではそれぞれ約１１万人ずつ増加した。（2024/07/02-18:55）

Individual shareholders of companies listed on Japan's four stock exchanges increased 4.62 million from the previous year to a record 74.45 million in fiscal 2023, a Tokyo Stock Exchange survey showed Tuesday.
   The increase in the year that ended in March reflected stock price rises and a decrease in investment units due to stock splits by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. and others, which made it easier for individuals to buy shares.
   The number of individual shareholders marked a 10th straight year of increase.
   Some 2.47 million individuals newly became shareholders of companies that carried out stock splits, including 1.06 million at NTT, which implemented a 25-for-1 split, and about 110,000 each at Tokyo Disney Resort operator Oriental Land Co. and trading house Mitsubishi Corp.
   The new Nippon Individual Savings Account, or NISA, tax exemption program for small-lot investors that started in January also drove the increase in individual investors.