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 MARKETS IN October 2014 Abstract: In October 2014, the MICEX Index saw a downtrend caused by falling crude oil prices. The MICEX Index lost 1.4% in the period between October 1 thru October 24 . The MICEX capitalization amounted to Rb 22,0 trillion as of October 24 (34.0% of GDP). The acceleration of the average weighted yield of bond issues (especially in the production sector) and the downtrend in the market index dynamics remained the major adverse eff ect in the Russian corporate bond market. At the same time, no deterioration in issuers’ failure to discharge their obligations to bondholders was observed. Classification-JEL: G1, G3, G15 Keywords: Financial Markets Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2014 Issue: 11 Month: November Pages: 10-13 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/405Khudko.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:405