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Spot exchange may face payment crisis again; mops up only Rs 8.50 cr

PTI

 The beleaguered National Spot Exchange ltd (NSEl) is expected to face a payment crisis yet again as it managed to collect only Rs 8.50 crore till Friday - the last day for pay-in, against the pay-out of  Rs 175 crore to be made on Tuesday.

For the first settlement, the exchange could mop up only Rs 92 crore which has been distributed among investors. There was a shortfall of  Rs 82 crore. “We have asked NSEl to sell stocks and recover the money. We are still evaluating concerted action against the exchange,” BSE Brokers Forum official Alok Churiwala told the news agency. Task Force members of Delhi Brokers Association also met on Saturday evening to decide the future course of action, Delhi Stock Exchange Executive Director BK Sabharwal said.

Two days after the Forward Markets Commission directed the NSEl to take punitive action against those who defaulted on payment for claim settlement, the exchange declared nine members -- ARK Imports Pvt ltd, loil Overseas Foods ltd, lotus Refineries Pvt ltd, N K Proteins ltd, NCS Sugars ltd, Spin Cot Textiles Pvt ltd, Tavishi Enterprises Pvt ltd, Vimladevi Agrotech ltd and Yathuri Associates -- as defaulters on Friday.