YEREVAN, February 3. /АРКА/. Securities deals on NASDAQ OMX Armenia grew 4.9% in January 2010 from AMD 480.1 million in December 2009 and totalled AMD 503.6 million.

Deals on corporate bonds reached AMD 95.9 million and made up 19% of total amount.

Transactions on government bonds reached 407.7 million and constituted 81% of total amount of security deals effected on NASDAQ OMX Armenia in January.

No stock deals were effected here in January.

ARKA News Agency’s analysis based on the stock exchange’s data shows that deals on government bonds and four private companies’ corporate bonds were effected on the stock exchange.

Inecobank CJSC was the leader among the companies that effected deals on corporate bonds in January.

Inecobank’s deals amounted to AMD 47.5 million and made up 49.5% of total amount of the corporate deals effected on NASDAQ OMX Armenia in January. NASDAQ OMX Armenia (Armenian Stock Exchange OJSC until January 27,2009) was founded in 2001 as a self-regulating organization, a voluntary association of 21 brokerage firms.

Early in November 2007, the stock exchange was transformed to an OJSC. On January 7, 2008, OMX (at present NASDAQ OMX) became sole owner of NASDAQ OMX Armenia.

Now 27 companies, including 20 banks, are members of the stock exchange.

As of January 29, 2010, NASDAQ OMX Armenia had 12 shares and nine corporate bonds listed here.

The stock exchange’s capitalization amounted to AMD 53.1 billion by late January 2010. ($1 = AMD 375.83).–0—