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By the results of stock trades on Republican stock exchange «Toshkent» (UZSE) on 23 August– 27 August the volume of deals with shares increased in sum terms by 1.3 times comparing to the previous period and made 204.2 mln. sum (USD 126.7 th. CBU rate).

There was no repo deals this week.

Total volume of deals with shares increased by 1.3 times comparing to the previous period and made USD 126.7 th. CBU rate.

Volume of deals with shares of banks made up 119.9 mln. sum (USD 74.4 th. CBU rate).

Leader in terms of volume in banking sector for the period was shares of Hamkor Bank. Total volume of deals made up 119.6 mln. sum (USD 74.2 th. CBU rate).

Among other traded shares of last period there were shares of Hamkor bank and Ipoteka bank.

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By the results of stock trades on Republican stock exchange «Toshkent» (UZSE) of last month the volume of deals with shares increased in sum terms in 5,7 times comparing to the previous month and made 4,27 billion soum (USD 2,66 million CBU rate).
Volume of REPO deals made 14,42 million soum (USD 8,98 thousand CBU rate).
There were no USD deals with shares on UzSE in July.
Total volume of deals in January – July decreased in 4,7 times comparing to the previous year and made USD 7,62 million CBU rate.
Volume of the secondary market in UZS terms made 99 %. Volume of REPO deals made 1 %. There were no IPOs and USD deals in July.
Sector breakdown: financial organizations – 50 %, banks – 31 %, agricultural companies – 6 %, retail companies – 4 %, construction companies – 1 %.
 

Oil fell below $81 on Tuesday as China's crude imports slowed sharply in July, raising the prospect of less purchases by the world's second largest energy consumer as its economic growth cools in the second half.
China imported 19 million tonnes or 4.47 million barrels per day of crude oil in July, down 17.5 percent from June's record 5.4 million bpd, official data showed.
In the same month overall imports rose by 22.7 percent, well short of forecasts, helping drive down Chinese share prices by 2.9 percent.
 

Average annual interest rate on term deposits in soums in August made up 21.47%, AFS-Research said in its monthly report “Uzbekistan: Interest rates on bank deposits for August”.
Average interest rate on checking accounts in soums in August comprised 4.27%. The interest rate increased by 0.42 points in past month.
Average interest rate on 3-month soums deposit decreased by 0,41 points and in August made up by 20.45%.
Average interest rate on 6-month soums deposits decreased by 0.45 points to 21.60%.
Average interest rate on 12-month soums deposit in August increased by 0.71 points compared to previous month to 22.50%.
Average annual interest rate on term deposits in soums in August made up 21.47%, and decreased by 0.04 compared to previous month.
 

Oil prices extended three-month highs toward $82 on Tuesday, tracking gains in Asian equities following strong bank earnings and upbeat manufacturing data for industrialized economies a day earlier.
U.S. September crude rose as much as 28 cents to $81.62, 15 cents short of Monday's three-month intraday high, and was up 1 cent at $81.35 a barrel by 12:37 a.m., while ICE Brent rose 2 cents to $80.84.
The front-month U.S. contract rose 3 percent on Monday to surpass $80 for the first time since early May. Prices had traded between $70 and $80 for almost two months.
 

U.S. stocks sagged in volatile trading on Thursday after weak outlooks from technology companies and downbeat comments from a Federal Reserve official gave investors little reason to buy.
The market has struggled to make headway this week. The S&P 500 fell for a third straight day and has run into resistance around its 200-day moving average as investors searched for a catalyst to take stocks higher.
 

Gold dropped 2 percent on Tuesday to a near three-month low under $1,160 an ounce, as weak consumer confidence data and an option expiration triggered heavy technical selling.
After trading modestly weaker in early sessions, bullion prices accelerated losses to hit a low of $1,157.65 an ounce, the cheapest price since May 5 despite firm U.S. stock markets and a flat dollar. Gold also posted also its biggest one-day decline since July 1.
Silver and platinum group metals tracked gold and crude oil to fall sharply after data showed stagnant growth of U.S. home prices and as job worries drove July U.S. consumer confidence to its lowest since February.
Sean Lusk, market specialist at Chicago-based futures broker PFGBest, said that dealers sold heavily in an attempt to push gold futures prices lower as COMEX August gold options were expiring on Tuesday.
Gold prices sometimes gravitate toward an option strike price as traders try to profit from their bets when options are about to expire.
"In conjunction with the option expiration here, you have a lot of longs liquidating and rolling into another forward months," Lusk said.
 

Analysts of “AFS-Research” investment company in their reports considering issues such as investment attractiveness and main factors of Uzbek economy development and impact of the global economic crisis on its condition and prospects. Information used in these reports was received from local and foreign periodicals and Internet, data of State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan as well as from calculation and analysis of “AFS-Research” analysts.
Metallurgy is one of the largest industries of Uzbekistan. Main activities of Uzbek metallurgy enterprises are production of copper, uranium and gold mining.
 

By the results of stock trades on Republican stock exchange «Toshkent» (UZSE) of 12 July– 16 July the volume of deals with shares decreased in sum terms by 3.3 times comparing to the previous period and made 1.11 bln. sum (USD 695.40 th. CBU rate).
There were no Repo deals in this week.