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Why has 118-year-old Calcutta Stock Exchange been shut for 13 years?
short by Bhawana Chaudhary / on Wednesday, 24 June, 2026
The Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE), one of the oldest exchanges in Asia, stopped trading in 2013 after it couldn't meet SEBI's regulatory requirements. The 118-year-old exchange's decline began in 2001 when ₹40,000-crore Ketan Parekh scam exposed weaknesses in its trading and surveillance systems. By 2012, CSE's daily trading turnover fell by over 90% as investors shifted towards NSE and BSE.
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