The volume of secondary market of Government securities during the period January-June 2021 was dominated by transactions in short-term instruments (T-Bills) at 64.84%. The remaining part consisted of long-term instruments (notes and bonds) at 35.16%. In terms of the number of transactions, 82.57% of all transactions in the secondary market of Government securities were in T-Bills.

Statistical data on the Government securities retail market during the period January-June 2021 indicate that the market was dominated by transactions “Purchase in the primary market” and “Payment of nominal value on maturity date” with respectively 51.68% and 34.42% of the total volume.

Transactions of the individual investors, dominate at the Government securities secondary market with 98.95% of all transactions in the market.

B and C Type Transactions

During the period January-June 2021, the B type transactions “Sales from financial intermediary portfolio” decreased by ALL 301 million or 17.19% and also the number of transactions decreased by 20.93% compared with the same period of the year 2020.

During the period January-June 2021, the C type transactions “Purchase prior to maturity” decreased by ALL 364 million or 26.32%, and also the number of transactions decreased by 7.30% compared with the period January-June 2020.

During the reporting period, there was a decrease in the absolute total amount of the transactions of B and C type, by about ALL 665 million compared with the period January-June 2020.