The Kyrgyz Stock Exchange ended January on a positive note, demonstrating significant growth. Following the results of the first month, the KASE index strengthened by 597 points, reaching 4 thousand 670 points by January 29. The total capitalization of the market grew to 162.75 billion KGS.

The main growth of the index fell on the trading week from January 20 to 24. This was due to large additional placements in the primary market by Optima Bank and State Mortgage Company (SMC). In total, their placements amounted to 8.64 bln KGS, taking 98% of the total volume of trades.

At the same time, Optima Bank sold securities for 3.5 billion soms, while GIC placed shares for 5.14 billion soms.

In the last week of January, the total volume of trading on KASE amounted to 24.8 million KGS, distributed as follows: primary market - 9.86 million KGS and secondary market - 14.98 million KGS.

The largest volume of trades fell on the shares of “Airports of Kyrgyzstan” (former OJSC “MAM”), which accounted for 10.15 mln KGS, received within one deal.