By Azernews

By Nigar Abbasova

Bonds of Azerbaijan’s energy giant SOCAR that are on sale at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) have recorded a rise in value.

SOCAR reported that the sale price of the bonds rose in the stock, recording an increase of 1 percent.

The nominal value of each bond stands at $1,000, while the current price amounts to $1010.

The Stock implemented transactions worth $151,500 on some 150 bonds of SOCAR on October 27.

The annual interest rate on SOCAR’s bonds stands at the level of 5 percent. The figure is higher than the rates applied in reference to USD deposits placed in banks, where the annual interest rate on dollar deposits currently stands at 2.5-3 percent. The interest on bonds is being paid once a quarter.

The sale of SOCAR’s bonds on the secondary market was launched on October 18. PSG-Kapital acts as a marketmaker of bonds (broker-dealer firm that assume the risk of holding a certain number of shares of a particular security to facilitate its trading).

Purchase and sale of obligations may be implemented in ASAN Services ? 1 and ?2, as well as in investment companies that are BSE-members.

The company earlier announced its plans to implement the second issuance of bonds in 2017, the interest rate on the second emission is expected to be set at a level below five percent.