YEREVAN, August 11. /ARKA/. The amount of transactions on securities at NASDAQ OMX Armenia Stock Exchange has grown 4.7 times from AMD 537.3 million in June to AMD 2.5 billion in July.
Corporate deals amounted to AMD 365.1 million and made up 14.6% of the total amount of July’s securities deals.
Transactions on government bonds amounted to AMD 2.1 billion (85.3%) and deals on shares AMD 1.5 million (0.1%).
ARKA News Agency’s analysis based on NASDAQ OMX Armenia Stock Exchange’s figures shows that July’s deals were effected on government bonds, shares and corporate bonds of five private companies.
In July, Elite Group CJSC was the leader for the largest amount of transactions on corporate bonds.
These transactions amounted to AMD 200 million and made up 54.8% of the total amount of deals effected at NASDAQ OMX Armenia.
NASDAQ OMX Armenia, formerly Armenian Stock Exchange (Armex) was established in 2001 as a voluntary merger of 31 broker (dealer) companies.
In January 2008, Nordic exchange operator OMX Group acquired 100% of shares of the Armenian Stock Exchange (Armex) and the Central Depository of Armenia (CDA). After the combination of NASDAQ and OMX in February 2008, Armex and CDA have become fully owned by the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
On January 27, 2009, “Armenian Stock Exchange” ojsc was officially renamed as “NASDAQ OMX Armenia” ojsc. On June 5, 2009, “NASDAQ OMX Armenia” ojsc became the owner of 100% of the shares of the “Central Depository of Armenia” ojsc.
Some 27 companies, including 20 banks, are members of NASDAQ OMX Armenia now.
As of July 31, 12 shares and 7 corporate bonds have been listed at this stock exchange.
Its capitalization amounted to AMD 52.5 billion. ($1 = AMD 365.24). -0–
