YEREVAN, November 3. /ARKA/. Securities transactions on NASDAQ OMX Armenia Stock Exchange totaled AMD 734 million in October against September’s 1.4 billion (47.3% decline).
Deals on corporate bonds were worth AMD 289.5 million or constituted 39.4% of total amount.
Transactions on government bonds amounted to AMD 444.8 million or 60.6%.
No deals on stocks were concluder in October.
ARKA News Agency’s analysis based on NASDAQ OMX Armenia Stock Exchange’s reports shows that transactions on the government bonds belonging to 12 private companies were concluded here in October as well as deals on the stocks and corporate bonds of ten private companies.
HSBC Bank Armenia CJSC won the leadership on stock exchange deals – its transactions concluded in October amount to AMD 1.6 billion and constitute 71.1% of total corporate bond deals concluded on the stock exchange.
NASDAQ OMX Armenia (Armenian Stock Exchange OJSC until January 27,2009) was founded in 2001 as a self-regulating organization, a voluntary association of 21 brokerage firms.
Early in November 2007, the stock exchange was transformed to an OJSC. On January 7, 2008, OMX (at present NASDAQ OMX) became sole owner of NASDAQ OMX Armenia and of the Central Depository of Armenia.
As of October 30, 2009, 12 shares and 12 corporate bonds were listed on NASDAQ OMX Armenia.
The capitalization of the stock exchange was AMD 50.5 billion.
Twenty seven companies, including 20 banks, are NASDAQ OMX Armenia Stock Exchange members now. ($1 = AMD 386.41). -0—
