Turnover of corporate securities in Azerbaijan was 844,995 million manat in the first half of 2010 which is by 2.96 times less the figure in the same period of 2009, according to the Baku Stock Exchange.

The overall corporate securities market increased by 1.18% and amounted to 176.87 million manat compared to the same period of 2009. The increase in transactions with corporate securities is observed due to the increased volume of transactions with bonds at 2.29 times, while the number of transactions grew by 3.3 times up to 110.
The government securities market decreased by 3.48 times, and hit 668.127 million manat. This was affected by a significant reduction in the repo transactions in 4.49 times, although the number of transactions declined (by 6.19%).
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