Mumbai, Mar 13 (KNN) Just about one-third of the companies listed on the BSE-SME were traded today indicating a lukewarm interest of the investors on the alternative trading platform, even though the total market capitalisation on the exchange has crossed Rs 5,000 crore. 

Of the 50 companies only 17 companies were traded today with 10 gaining, 6 losing and one with no change, through the day.

BSE SME Platform offers an entrepreneur and investor friendly environment, which enables the listing of SMEs from the unorganized sector scattered throughout India, into a regulated and organized sector.

Gujarat based Si Vi Shipping Corporation Limited was the last firm to be listed on the platform with its public issue of 27.42 lakh equity shares with the issue price of Rs 25 per share while Kolkata based Unishire Urban Infra Limited and Polymac Thermoformers Limited were among the latest entrants on the BSE-SME.

Mumbai based NBFC, SPS Finquest; Women’s Next Loungeries Limited and Shri Krishna Prasadam Limited are some companies waiting to be listed on the BSE SME platform. (KNN/SD)