RTS Stock Exchange Bonds: May Data

For the month of May total trading volume on RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading of corporate, government, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, reached 3 190 thousand dollars, compared with 5 317 thousand US dollars in April. Moscow City Bonds accounted for 98% of total turnover; "IRKUT" company bonds - for 1.3% of total volume, Mellyanneft company - for 0.7% of total volume. In May fixed-income securities traded 44 times, down from 89 times in April.

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 is available on the RTS server on the Internet.