OREANDA-NEWS. April 06, 2012. The spot-turnover at the Bank Interbank Currency Exchange (BBVB) declined 6.16 fold during the 14th week of 2012 after its 13.6 rise a week earlier.

BBVB reports that for 2-6 April 2012 turnover of the BBVB Bourse E-System of Trades (BEST) on spot operations in US dollars totaled USD 5.246 million against USD 32.3 million a week earlier and USD 59.205 million for 12–16 March (this year’s still best index for a week).

The best trading week in 2011 was registered on 18-22 April (USD 108.76 million), in 2010 on 29 November - 3 December (USD 80.88 million) and for the entire history for 16-19 March 2009 (USD 276.588 million).

This year BEST turnover on spot deals for April reaches USD 5.246 million versus USD 106.658 million in March, USD 47.3 million in February and USD 82.497 million in January.

In 2011 the best indicator was recorded in December  2011(USD 256.59 million), in 2010 - in November (USD 165.79 million), in 2009 in March (USD 711.456 million, a monthly turnover record for the Exchange’s whole history), in 2008 - in June (USD 439.087 million), in 2007 in July (USD 310.3 million), in 2006 in December (USD 434.432 million),  the 2005 record of USD 108.781 million in September, the 2004 record of USD 97.59 million in March, the 2003 record of USD 100.428 million in December.

The 2012 spot transaction turnover on US dollar still makes up USD 241.7 million versus USD 1.259 bn in 2011, USD 883.569 million in 2010, USD 2.009 bn in 2009, USD 2.46 bn in 2008 (record over all history of the exchange), USD 1.75 bn in 2007, USD 1.9 bn in 2006, the 2005 turnover of USD 813.284 million, the 2004 turnover record of USD 910.97 million and the 2003 turnover of USD 438.9 million. Turnover on SWAP-deals for 2011 is still lacking and for 2010 it totaled USD 34 million against their turnover of USD 260.4 million in 2009 when the best index a month was registered in April (USD 67.4 million).

During the 13th workweek of 2012 the following deals were concluded at BEST with valuation on the same day (T+0): on 2 April turnover totaled USD 921,000 (rate: AZN/USD 0.7857); on 3 April USD 3.3 million (rate: AZN/USD 0.7857); on 4 April USD 219,000 (rate: AZN/USD 0.7857), and on 5 April USD 350,000 (rate: AZN/USD 0.7857).

Turnover for 16 March (USD 51.59 million) is still the best for 2012.

Turnover for 5 June 2008 (USD 143.749 million) is the best for entire history of BEST system and turnover of exchange per trading day, but on 13 March BEST spot turnover (USD 134.353 million) and swap-deals (USD 24 million) made USD 158.353 million - a new absolute record. Best spot-turnover for a week was registered on 2-6 June 2008 - USD 282.97 million. Best spot-turnover in 2009 per day was registered on 17 March - USD 121.799 million.