OREANDA-NEWS. August 28, 2012. Belarus’ overall money market turnover in Jan-Jul 2012 went down 35.7% to USD 34.477 billion, the National Bank of Belarus (NBB) told reporters.

The volume of transactions with foreign exchange at the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange grew 120% year-on-year in January-July 2012 to USD 17.042 billion.

The turnover of the OTC market fell 3.7 times to USD 10.914 million.

Cash market turnover expanded 16.9% to USD 6.521 billion in January-July 2012.

The trading structure looks as follows: the BCSE with 49.4%, OTC with 31.7% and the cash market with 18.9%.

In January-July 2012 the average daily trading volume amounted to USD 220.8 million, down 23.1% on the year, which includes USD 115.9 million worth of trading at the BCSE, up 20.9%, USD 74.2 million worth of trading on the OTC market, down 2.2 times, and USD 30.6 million worth of trading on the cash market, up 22.9%.

In January-July 2012, Belarus’ resident companies acquired USD 11.897 billion on the money market, up 14.8% year-on-year, and sold USD 13.499 billion, up 39.8%.

The supply of foreign exchange was thUSD 706.6 million above the demand in January-July 2012.

Belarus’ overall money market turnover in Jan-Dec 2011 went down 2.4% to USD 109.286 billion. The volume of transactions with foreign exchange at the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange fell 19.9% year-on-year in January-December 2011 to USD 16.999 billion. The turnover of the OTC market rose 9.6% to USD 83.718 billion. Cash market turnover decreased 40.3% to USD 8.568 billion in 2011.