STOCK EXCHANGE AND FOREX AUCTION

At the Stock Exchange trades on August 15, a total of 6,520 shares of 10 JSCs were traded costing MNT 10 million 667 thousand 890. Rates of two shares increased, of three decreased, of five were stable. The largest number of shares were sold by the "Khokh gan" (4,499 units), "Talkh chikher" (443 units) and "APU" (414 units). On Thursday, the Bank of Mongolia (BoM) held its foreign currency auction in accordance with requests from commercial banks to purchase the U.S. dollars and the Chinese Yuan (CNY). During the forex auction, the BoM refused for the bids to sell USD 2.3 million as considering the demand and supply of USD is balanced and sold CNY amounting 100% of bids as closing rate of MNT 214.0. B.Khuder