OREANDA-NEWS. September 9, 2010. In August 2010, the transaction turnover amounted to BYR 4 635.89 billion (BYR 4 760.16 billion in July 2010). The trade volume decreased 2.6% compared to July 2010.

USD 937.22 million, RUB 7 701.75 million, EUR 276.83 million and other currency amounting to BYR 9 040.59 million in equivalent were sold at the trades in August 2010.

The unit weight of foreign currency in the trade volume in August 2010 was USD – 60.4 %, RUR – 16.3 %, EUR – 23.1%, and other currencies – 0.2%.

Average daily transaction volume amounted to USD 42.60 million, RUB 350.08 million and EUR 12.58 million.

April quotations have changed as follows: USD +40.00 points, RUB -0.87 points, EUR +70.0.

Тable 1. Foreign currency trade totals in August 2010.

Currency

Quotations

Demand

Supply

Trade volume

in thousands

in thousands

in thousands

BYR in millions

Russian ruble

22

6 642 313

7 701 072

7 701 753

758 596.723

US Dollar

22

937 975

625 064

937 224

2 798 461.039

Euro

22

280 138

240 644

276 832

1 069 791.104

Swiss Frank

16

2 461

2 682

2 782

8 137.004

GB Pound

9

75

47

120

565.727

Zloty

9

258

200

259

262.521

Yen

3

2 173

2 143

2 144

75.336

Тable 2. Top 10 foreign currency trade participants according to the transaction volume conducted at the BCSE in August 2010.

Rate

Trade participant

 

National Bank

 

Belarusbank

 

Priorbank

 

Belagroprombank

 

BELROSBANK

 

Bank VTB (Belarus)

 

Belinvestbank

 

Bank Moscow-Minsk

 

BPS-bank

 

Belgazprombank