TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, July 17. By the end of the first half of 2025, the total trading volume on Uzbekistan’s Stock Exchange, Toshkent, surged to 12.02 trillion soms ($933.33 million), marking an exceptional increase of 11.30 trillion soms, 17 times higher than in the first half of 2024, Trend reports.
Despite this substantial volume growth, the total number of executed trades declined by 59,515, or 21.69 percent, to 214,851 compared to the same period last year. Of these trades, 181,905 involved listed securities, while 32,946 were conducted on the organized over-the-counter (OTC) market.
The UCI Index fell by 2.35 percent, closing the period at 639.75 points.
Market capitalization rose modestly by 354.23 billion soms, or 0.15 percent, reaching 242.77 trillion soms ($19.19 billion). The market capitalization of freely floating shares amounted to 4.09 trillion soms.
By mid-year, the Exchange listed 135 instruments from 93 share issuers.
