ENA Economy 2018-05-16 08:35:34 <p><strong>New Delhi, May 16 (KNN)</strong> With growing active participation of investors on SME Exchange platforms, the number of listed firms on NSEs small and medium enterprise (SME) platform Emerge has touched 150- mark and have raised a total amount of Rs 2,221 crore so far, said National Stock Exchange (NSE) spokesperson.</p> <p>There are two more firms waiting to get listed with the bourse - E2E Network and 5 Core Electronics- which are likely to get listed next week.</p> <p>Few more companies are expected to join the exchange in coming months as slew of firms have lined up their share-sale plans, NSE spokesperson has said.</p> <p>Out of these 150 listed firms, 3 firms have now been moved to main board and rest 147 firms with market valuation of Rs 12,400 crore are listed on the platform.</p> <p>The 150 companies listed on the NSE platform belong to a wide range of sectors like logistics services, media, automotive components, pharma, infrastructure and hospitality.</p> <p>Some of the key benefits that one gets with the listing on SME platform includes governance structures, capital access for expansion, improved credit rating, easy finances and branding.</p> <p>Funds raised through the issues were used for business expansion plans, working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes.</p> 19841 http://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/economy/150-firms-listed-with-emerge-nses-sme-platform-raise-rs-2221-crore 2018-05-16 08:35:34 knnindia.co.in