Number of traded securities increased by 4 times

Economy
misheel@montsame.gov.mn
2019-01-16 17:01:19

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In 2018, 667.3 million pieces of securities worth of MNT 360.2 billion were traded at the national stock market, which is decreased by MNT 1.1 trillion or 75.6 percent compared to the previous year. The number of traded securities increased by 552.2 million (5.8 times more) pieces compared to the previous year.

In December 2018, 154.8 million pieces of securities worth of MNT 123.6 billion were traded at the national stock market, which is increased by MNT 118.2 billion and securities by 116.5 (4 times more) million pieces compared to the previous month.

Trade of government bonds in secondary markets amounted MNT 149.8 billion in 2018, which decreased by 80.2 percent compared to previous year.

In December 2018, average of top 20 indexes of the financial markets was 20 076.5 units, increased by 24.6 units from the previous month whereas it decreased by 2 032 units from the same period of 2017.

Total value of joint stock companies operating in stock market reached MNT 2.5 trillion in December 2018, increased by MNT 71.7 billion or 2.9 percent from the same period of the previous year.

Nominal average exchange rate of MNT to US dollars announced from Bank of Mongolia in December 2018 was MNT 2 637.35 to one USD (USD 1), which is depreciated by 8.4 percent from the same period of the previous year and by 2.1 percent from the previous month.

Source: nso.mn