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HC Quotes: Why SME Market not open for all?
HC: High Court wants to know why the small capitalized companies (SMEs) in DSE are not open to all investors. At the same time, even if there is a floor price, why it is not present in the SME, the High Court has given a notice to BSEC to show the reason in this regard. The High Court has suspended the investment limit in the SME for the next three months & has ordered BSEC to respond in this matter within the next 7 working days.
In the meantime, on Sunday, November 13, Judge Md. Ashfakul Islam and Md. Suhrawardy filed a writ in a High Court bench comprising. Business News Portal published the news from Orthosongbad that headlined ‘Falling prices in SMEs, investors fear loss of capital’‘ and attached as a source in the writ petition. This information is known from related sources.
According to sources, BSEC has mandated a minimum investment which limits of Tk 30 lakh for investing in SME platforms. In this Writ, ensuring investment facilities in SMEs for all, guidance is asked on the imposition of floor price. Writ No. 13749 filed in High Court Bench. Advocate Mustafa Kamal of the Supreme Court filed the writ on behalf of Raju Hasan.
It was known that the BSEC, the capital market regulatory body, cancel the OTC market of two stock exchanges (DSE and CSE) on September 16 last year. On that day, the commission decided to delist 29 companies and transfer 41 companies to SME and ATB (Alternative Trading Board).
Later, the same last year, September 30, trading started on the SME platform of the DSE. On that day, transactions were initially launched on DSE’s SME platform with 6 companies. Currently there are 15 companies listed in SME. Out of this, the shares of 13 companies are being traded regularly.
The investment amount for the latest SME platform investment was determined on September 22 this year. In an order signed by BSEC Chairman Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, it is stated that to be an eligible investor in the SME Trades, there should be a minimum investment of 30 lakh takas in the stock market.
According to the sources, it has been mentioned that restricting investment in SMEs is against the constitution.
In the meantime, the share price of the SME Platform increased at the beginning of the trading, but later the price of most of the shares fell below half. On November 2, Orthosongbad published a news regarding this issue.
In the Outgoing week, the European stock market displayed a varied performance.
Here is the data on the weekly performance of the European Stock Market, The STOXX Europe 600 index, which is considered a leading benchmark for the European market and covers approximately 90 percent of the market capitalization across 17 countries, reported a slight drop of 5.96 points to close at 499.29.
The United Kingdom’s FTSE 100, one of the most widely followed indices in Europe, also showed a significant drop, losing 100 points or finishing the session at 7,895.
In Germany, the DAX 30 index, shed by 438 points to reach 17,737, while France’s CAC 40 increased by 12 points to stop at 8,022 at the end of the trading day.
Italy’s FTSE MIB, which covers the top 40 stocks traded on the Milan Stock Exchange, increased by 158 points to 33,922. However, Spain’s IBEX 35, added by 43 points, to close at 10,729.
A review of South Asian stock markets shows that India’s Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index BSE Sensex has lost 1,156 points during the week. At the end of the week, the index stood at 73,088 points. On the other hand, the Nifty-50 index of the country’s National Stock Exchange dropped by 372 points last week. At the end of the week, the index stood at 22,147 points.
Pakistan Stock Exchange Index ‘KSE 100’, gained 592 points last week. After a week of gaining, the index settled at 70,944 points.
On the other hand, The Sri Lankan stock market index hiked, and the Colombo Stock Exchange index ‘ASPI’ decreased by 280 points in a week. After a week the index settled at 11,753 points.
Bhutan’s stock market index ‘BSI’ added 13 points hence the index stood at 1,526 points throughout the whole week. Nepal’s ‘NEPSE’ lost 52 points, therefore the index stands at 1,972 points.
Hence Dhaka Stock Exchange: The benchmark index ‘DSEX’ lost by 177 points or 3.03 percent, in the outgoing week. At the end of the week, the index stands at 5,686 points.
Weekly Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSE, Dhaka Bourse has seen a massive drop in Indices & Turnover on the other hand Market Capitlization hikes throughout the whole week. This information was disclosed in the weekly market review from the DSE.
According to sources, (4 working days) the turnover of DSE lost by Tk 261 crore 38 lakh (April 15 – April 18). At the same time, the market capitalization has increased by 21 thousand 590 crore taka.
The benchmark index ‘DSEX’ lost by 177 points or 3.03 percent, in the outgoing week. At the end of the week, the index stands at 5,686 points. The Shariah-based index ‘DSES’ added 35.74 points or 2.79 percent and therefore the index stands at 1,246 points. The blue-chip index ‘DS30’ increased by 47.81 points or 2.35 percent, hence the index stands at 1,984 points.
Shares and units worth 1 thousand 912 crore 81 lakh taka were traded in Dhaka Stock Exchange. At the end of the week, the market capitalization stood at 7 lakh 63 thousand 251 crore 62 lakh taka.
Shares and units of 411 companies were traded on Bourse during the week. Of these, 21 shares were unchanged, 285 companies declined, and 89 companies advanced.
Asiatic Laboraitories Limited has ranked at the top of weekly trading on DSE. The Company records an average turnover of 23 crore 46 lakh taka.
Asiatic Laboratories Limited ranked at the top of weekly gainers on DSE. The share has risen 18.14 percent to its highest price.
National Bank Limited has ranked at the top of weekly losers on DSE. The share has dropped 14.29 percent lowest in the last week.
