Financial Markets in February 2013

Abstract

The Russian stock market in February was characterized by a minor correction in prices of majority of securities traded in the market, after growth in the previous two months. Oil futures have declined on average by 2.2%. Dollar exchange rate remained at the level below Rb/Dollar 30.35, while Euro decreased by 1.5%. “Blue chips” have lost 3% of their value. IPO in the Moscow stock exchange has occurred against the general negative dynamics, which led to a decrease in stock quotations from the start of trading values by 5.8%. Positive trend was demonstrated by the key market indicators of corporate bonds: the market volume and index, the average yield, the activity of investors in the primary and secondary market segments.

Keywords: Financial markets, Russian economy

JEL Classification: G1, G3, G15