Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Oct. 22
By Diana Aliyeva – Trend:
In January-September 2017, 1,915 transactions were concluded at Uzbekistan’s Toshkent Republican Stock Exchange. Exchange turnover in securities amounted to 68.4 billion soums.
During this period, the share of enterprises of financial sector made 65.3 percent of the exchange turnover or 44.6 billion soums, including banks – 58.8 percent of exchange turnover or 40.2 billion soums, insurance companies – 1.3 billion soums (1.9 percent) and leasing companies – 3.1 billion soums (4.5 percent).
In January-September 2016, the share of financial sector made 55 percent of exchange turnover (94.9 billion soums), the share of agricultural sector – 23.9 percent (16.4 billion soums), the share of the industrial sector – 0.4 percent (200 million soums) and the share of enterprises of the construction sector – 2.1 percent (1.4 billion soums).
The volume of investment of legal entities constitute the largest part of exchange turnover – 43.6 billion soums or 63.7 percent of total exchange turnover; 20.7 percent or 14.2 billion soums of it accounts for the share of foreign investors.
In the reporting period, a growth was observed in investment activity of individuals, whose share in the exchange turnover was 36.3 percent, or 24.8 billion soums (21.7 percent, or 37 billion soums in the same period of 2016).
As of early 2017, the exchange's quotation list included 191 companies, while as of Sept. 30, 184 joint-stock companies were in the exchange's quotation list.