RTS Stock Exchange Bonds Weekly Data: December 2nd-December 6th

For the week of December 2nd-December 6th, 2002, the total volume on the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading of corporate, government, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, increased by 5.6% and reached 673 thousand US dollars. The number of trades rose from 11 to 13.

On Friday, December 6th, 2002, the "Evrazholding" bond IPO took place on the RTS. The issuer raised 210 million rubles by selling 210 000 bonds.

The RTS Bonds trading system opened up on June 3, 2002. Currently 163 members of the Partnership, including 14 market makers, trade fixed-income securities on the RTS Stock Exchange. Daily RTS Bonds market information is available on the RTS server on the Internet.