RTS Bonds: Weekly Data February 3rd-February 7th

For the week of February 07, 2003, total volume on the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading of corporate, government, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, reached 795 thousand US dollars, a significant increase from 72 thousand US dollars for the week of January 27th. 27th issue of Moscow City Bonds accounted for 76% of total turnover. The number of trades increased more than 4 times, from 5 to 21 trades.

The RTS Bonds trading system opened up on June 3, 2002. Currently 167 members of the Partnership, including 16 market makers, trade fixed-income securities on the RTS Stock Exchange. Daily RTS Bonds market information and Classic RTS Bond market market-makers quotations are available on the RTS server on the Internet.