China News Service, May 18 (Xinhua) According to the People's Bank of China website, the People's Bank of China announced on April 18 the operation of the financial market in April 2020: In April, the bond market issued a total of 4.8 trillion yuan of bonds. Among them, 436.64 billion yuan was issued by national bonds, 286.76 billion yuan was issued by local government bonds, 977.62 billion yuan was issued by financial bonds, 1.6 trillion yuan was issued by corporate credit bonds, 60.15 billion yuan was issued by asset-backed securities, and 1.3 trillion yuan was issued by interbank certificates of deposit.

  As of the end of April, the balance of custody in the bond market was 104.6 trillion yuan. Among them, the balance of national debt custody was 16.4 trillion yuan, the balance of local government bond custody was 22.8 trillion yuan, the balance of financial bond custody was 24.3 trillion yuan, the balance of corporate credit bond custody was 24.4 trillion yuan, and the balance of asset-backed securities custody was 3.9 trillion yuan, the balance of interbank deposit certificates custody is 10.8 trillion yuan.

  In April, transactions in the inter-bank money market totaled 122.7 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 42.23% and a month-on-month increase of 14.30%. Among them, the pledged repo transaction was 102.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 45.99% year-on-year, and an increase of 12.60% month-on-month; the buy-out repo transaction was 0.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.20% year-on-year, and an increase of 21.69% month-on-month; interbank lending transaction was 19.1 trillion yuan , An increase of 26.11% year-on-year, and an increase of 24.10% month-on-month.

  In April, the monthly weighted average interest rate for interbank lending was 1.11%, down 29 basis points from the previous month; the monthly weighted average interest rate for pledged repo was 1.11%, down 33 basis points from the previous month.

  In April, the turnover of spot bonds in the inter-bank bond market was 25.5 trillion yuan, with an average daily turnover of 1.16 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 44.83% and a month-on-month increase of 4.20%. The turnover of spot bonds in the exchange bond market was 2.0 trillion yuan, with an average daily turnover of 95.22 billion yuan, an increase of 166.29% year-on-year and an increase of 8.3% month-on-month. At the end of April, the total inter-bank bond index was 205.74 points, an increase of 2.80 points from the end of the previous month.

  At the end of April, the Shanghai Composite Index closed at 2860.08 points, up 109.79 points from the end of the previous month, or an increase of 3.99%; the Shenzhen Composite Index closed at 10721.78 points, up 759.47 points from the end of the previous month, or an increase of 7.62%. In April, the average daily trading volume on the Shanghai stock market was 24.151 billion yuan, down 29.31% month-on-month, and the average daily trading volume on the Shenzhen market was 386.289 billion yuan, down 26.64% month-on-month.