Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nikita Andrievskiy Author-Name-First: Nikita Author-Name-Last: Andrievskiy Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Elizaveta Khudko Author-Name-First: Elizaveta Author-Name-Last: Khudko Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: FINANCIAL MARKET IN September 2013 Abstract: Crude oil prices advanced late in August 2013 and pushed up the MICEX index by 5.52% during the first decade in September 2013. As of September 26, 2013, the MICEX index advanced by 8.6% since the beginning of the month and reached 1485 points. OJSC Sberbank stocks grew up by 14.39% during 26 days in September, showing maximum growth among blue chips. Stock market (MICEX) capitalization reached Rb 25.09 trillion (40.09% of GDP) by September 26, 2013. Domestic corporate bond market indicators such as market capacity, corporate bond market index, average weighted yield, activity of issuers and investors (especially in the financial segment) showed a positive trend. However, a few technical and real defaults were declared. Classification-JEL: G1, G3, G15 Keywords: Financial Markets Journal: Russian Economic Developments Volume: Year: 2013 Issue: 10 Month: October Pages: 15-17 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/208Andrievskiy.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:208