OREANDA-NEWS. June 01, 2010. In January to May 2010, turnover of the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) exceeded USD 919.895 million (exchange rate: AZN 0.8036 to the US dollar on 1st June) and totaled 23.4% of the 2009 turnover.

BSE informs that in January to May total turnover on all instruments reached AZN 739,227,275.88 that is by 68.3% less versus the Jan-May 2009 index (AZN 2.3 bn).

This May’s turnover made AZN 140.852 million  versus AZN 220.989 million in April and AZN 141.262 million in May 2009 (AZN 327.723 million).

In 2009, turnover totaled AZN 3.323 bn and the largest volume of turnover in 2009 was registered in January (AZN 1.086 bn).

In January to May 2010, 80.69% % of transactions fell on government securities.

In 2008, the BSE overall turnover on all instruments reached AZN 9.519 bn (USD 11.88 bn) that exceeds the 2007 index by 173.39%. For comparison: BSE turnover for 2007 totaled AZN 5.48 bn (USD 6.487 bn) that is by 394.94% more versus the 2006 figures.