He said the consortium of Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange looked acceptable to them considering financial and technological sides. Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges are among the top bourses in the world boasting $3.5 trillion and $2.2 trillion market capital respectively. A DSE official earlier said this consortium offered Tk 15 per share to buy 25.1 percent stake of the DSE. Meanwhile, the Chinese consortium has proposed buying 25 percent stakes into the DSE for Tk 9.9 billion at Tk 22 per share. In its proposal, the consortium has also mentioned it will spend over Tk 3 billion to give the DSE a technological upgrade.

Source: bd News24 February 10, 2018 20:15 UTC