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 October 2013 Abstract: Oil prices increase in the beginning of October 2013 was followed by a 4.2% growth in the MICEX index in the first half of the month. As of October 28, 2013, the MICEX index increased 2.7% since the start of the month and reached 1511 points. OJSC Norilsk Nickel’s stocks showed maximum growth among blue chips, having increased by 7.09% over the 28 days in October 2013. The MICEX stock market capitalization reached Rb 25,38 trillion (39.12% of GDP) by October 28, 2013. The domestic corporate bond market saw positive trends in October 2013. The key market indicators were driven by an uptrend: market volume, corporate bond market index, weighted average yield, issuers’ activity. Classification-JEL: G1, G3, G15 Keywords: Financial Markets Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2013 Issue: 11 Month: November Pages: 8-11 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/239Khudko.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:239