SEBI Releases Handbook of Statistics 2025-26 for Securities-Market Data Reference

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has released its Handbook of Statistics 2025-26, creating a new official reference point for professionals who rely on regulator-published securities-market data. SEBI announced the release on 17 August 2026 through Press Release No. 47/2026.

Handbook consolidates securities-market statistics

The regulator has formally announced the 2025-26 edition of its Handbook of Statistics. SEBI also maintains a dedicated Reports and Statistics section on its website where its statistical publications, annual reports and monthly bulletins are made available.

For Chartered Accountants, finance teams, research professionals, compliance officers and market participants, the significance of such a publication is practical: regulator-originated data can be used as a primary reference point when preparing market notes, board materials, internal analyses, due-diligence work, policy research and sector presentations.

Why the data matters for market analysis

SEBI's statistical publications form part of the regulator's official information architecture for the securities market. Using an official handbook can reduce reliance on secondary summaries when a professional needs historical or market-wide data for analysis. It also provides a cleaner source trail for workpapers, research notes and presentations where the provenance of figures matters.

The timing is also relevant because the 2025-26 handbook follows SEBI's publication of its Annual Report 2025-26 on 6 August 2026. Together, these releases give professionals a fresh set of official materials for reviewing market activity and regulatory developments connected with the latest completed financial year.

Where finance teams can use the data

- Research and benchmarking: use regulator-published data as a first-party benchmark before relying on media or commercial databases.

- Board and management reporting: cite the official handbook when preparing capital-market context for internal presentations.

- Transaction and valuation work: use official market statistics as contextual evidence where relevant, while separately validating transaction-specific assumptions.

- Compliance and policy analysis: cross-reference statistical trends with SEBI circulars, press releases and annual-report disclosures.

Check definitions and series before comparison

Professionals should work from the latest copy hosted by SEBI and check the notes, definitions and source methodology attached to any table before using a figure in an audit, valuation, regulatory filing or formal opinion. Statistical definitions can differ by segment and period, so a number should not be lifted without reading the associated context.

Useful official links

SEBI releases Handbook of Statistics 2025-26

Key takeaway

SEBI's release of the Handbook of Statistics 2025-26 gives finance and compliance professionals a new first-party reference for securities-market research. The safest approach is to use the regulator's own publication as the base source and then document any additional assumptions or secondary analysis separately.