Financial Market in August 2013
Russian Economic Developments. Moscow, 2013, #9, pp. 8-11
4 Pages Posted: 9 Oct 2013
Date Written: October 8, 2013
Abstract
In August 2013, the MICEX index saw a monthly fall of 2.4% after Sberbank and VTB encountered some downtrend in the stock market. Furthermore, stock market capitalization contracted by 2.2% to Rb 23.41 trillion, or 37.4% of GDP. The domestic corporate bond market was governed by fairly optimistic sentiments, irrespective of adverse trend concerning macroeconomic indicators and forecasts for Russia. The key market indicators were driven by an uptrend, contrary to expectations of a seasonal downtrend.
Keywords: Russian economiy, financial markets
JEL Classification: G1, G3, G15
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