OREANDA-NEWS. On 15 April 2009 Belarus’ Currency and Stock Exchange (BCSE) reported, that the turnover of Belarus’ over-the-counter (OTC) market fell 58% on the month in March to 46.03 billion Belarusian rubles (Br).

The number of deals increased in March to 1,126 from 173 in February. 

There were 978 sales and purchase transactions with shares of open joint-stock companies worth 1.1 billion rubles, up 73.8 times from February, 101 deals with shares of closed joint-stock companies worth 2.09 billion rubles, up 30.1%. Also, there were 47 transactions with bonds worth 42.797 billion rubles, down 60.4%. 

Bonds of the National Bank of Belarus, Technobank, Belinvestbank, Priorbank and Belvnesheconombank were in the lead on the OTC market by overall turnover in March.