More than four-fifths (84.05%) of the total volume of transactions on the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) from January to May this year, accounted for market derivatives. In numbers, it is 4 billion 802 million 370.92 thousand of 5 billion 713 million 882.79 thousand manat. Most of the derivatives (4 billion 732 million 413.73 thousand) are currency transactions. Goods accounted for 69 million 957.19 thousand manat. It is noteworthy that this is a new niche for the trading floor - in the period before May 1 of last year such operations were not carried out.
Transactions in government securities have declined 20.7 times, amounting in value terms to 14 million 914.88 thousand manat (decline of 20.7 times), all of which came in the placement of bonds in the secondary market, issued by the Ministry of Finance.
The share of investors' share fell to 101 million 84.28 thousand manat (decrease of 6.9 times). Shares were placed on the primary market in the amount of 99 million 392.68 thousand manat (seven-fold reduction), and on the secondary market - 1 million 691.62 thousand manat (+ 33.1%).
Debt market instruments were estimated by May 1 in 716 million 263.02 thousand manat (an increase of 2 times). 11 million. 57.75 thousand manat accounted for the placement of bonds of the Azerbaijan Mortgage Fund (AMF) in the primary market, while in the secondary market it was far more (583 million 170.66 thousand manat).
Repo transactions from January to May were at 79 million 249.68 thousand manat (reduction by 43 times). --17D-
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