On the primary market for government securities, 66,551 bonds worth MNT6.5 billion were traded.

On the secondary market for government securities, 4,021 bonds worth MNT397.2 million were traded.

The MSE ALL Index rose 0.86 percent to stand at 1167.78 . The MSE market cap stands at MNT 2,289,696,852,535

The drop in the country's ODI during this period narrowed 3.9 percentage points from the first half of this year, indicating that China kept deploying more investment in manufacturing and modern service-related businesses in global markets.

China's non-financial sector outbound investment declines

Investment in leasing and commercial services, manufacturing, and retail and information-related businesses took 32 percent, 17.3 percent, 12.2 percent and 10.5 percent of the country's total ODI, respectively, during the nine-month period, said the ministry.

Companies from China invested in 5,159 companies in 154 countries and regions from January to September and signed $168.2 billion in new contracts for overseas projects, a rise of 13.8 percent year-on-year.

The ministry said China would continue to tighten its review of the authenticity of overseas investment and its compliance with regulations, and guide more investment into the real economy and reduce investment in sectors in which Chinese companies are not proficient at managing.

Meanwhile, outbound investment in 57 economies related to the Belt and Road Initiative stood at $9.6 billion, accounting for 12.3 percent of total ODI, up 4 percentage points year-on-year.

China's ODI in Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Russia jumped 82.9 percent, 68.8 percent, 68.2 percent and 34.1 percent year-on-year, respectively, during the first three quarters of this year.

Commerce Ministry Spokesman Gao Feng said late last month the government would encourage ODI activities that can assist the development of the Belt and Road Initiative and resolve overcapacity issues in global markets.

"The infrastructure development involved in the initiative will require a high degree of coordination between and among states, the private sector and civil society, as well as vast investments of capital and material resources," said Zhang Yansheng, deputy director of the expert committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.

"Therefore it is necessary for governments and companies engaged in the initiative to have a clear understanding of the key factors in driving success."

Meanwhile, foreign direct investment in China rose 1.6 percent year-on-year between January and September to 618.57 billion yuan ($93.47 billion), the Ministry of Commerce announced last Friday.

Clean Energy Asia’s Tsetsii windfarm in Umnugobi province in the Gobi Desert came online on 6 October.

The country is focusing on its wind power development in anticipation of the so-called Asian super-grid, which is planned to connect Russia, India, China, South Korea and Japan and holds huge export potential for Mongolia.

Engie’s 55MW Sainshand wind farm, located southeast of Ulaanbaatar, is the next project due to come online with commissioning planned for 2018.

The stock (ASX:EXR) soared as much as 82 per cent on Tuesday to an intraday high of 8.2c before cooling to 7.2c — still up 60 per cent for the day.

Elixir has an exclusive option to buy Golden Horde for 79 million shares, which prices the deal at around $3.6 million based on yesterday’s closing price of 4.5c.

The prize is Golden Horde’s production sharing contract with the Mongolian government which, if awarded, will grant Golden Horde the right to explore and develop coalbed methane in what is considered one of the most prospective basins in Mongolia.

The contract covers land surrounding one of the world’s largest producing thermal coal deposits Tavan Tolgoi, which had 14 million tonnes of coal in 2016, Elixir said.

Golden Horde is awaiting final approval from the Mongolian government. The final award of the contract is a key condition precedent of the deal.

Elixir cautioned shareholders that there was no guarantee when or if the contract would be awarded given the extensive regulatory approvals required.

In the event approval occurred quicker than anticipated, Elixir secured the exclusive option to purchase Golden Horde for $25,000. The option lasts through to 30 September 2018.

Acquisition was subject to a $1.6 million capital raise by Elixir which was successfully completed today. Shareholders will vote on the acquisition at the 2017 annual general meeting.

Golden Horde managing director Neil Young will join the Elixir board as CEO and executive director once deal has been completed.

In meantime, Elixir will begin planning activities and studies over coming weeks including defining the prospective resource over the PSC area.

Elixir has a market cap of around $12 million.

Basic dealer- banks are responsible for conducting foreign exchange deal actively at the platform and have advantage to use the name of basic dealer and participate in foreign exchange auction with more bids.

The BoM launched interbank exchange platform last April and it activated interbank dollar exchange trade by 2.2 times, compared to the same period of last year.

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority also said Tuesday it had reached a settlement with Rio Tinto under which the company would pay a fine of £27 million ($35.6 million) to settle claims that it breached accounting rules in connection with the Mozambique assets.

In a lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court in Manhattan, the SEC said Rio Tinto, former Chief Executive Officer Thomas Albanese, and former Chief Financial Officer Guy Elliott failed to follow accounting standards and company policies to accurately value and record the assets.

The securities regulator said Rio Tinto concealed the problems with the deal, in part because Rio Tinto had already disclosed huge losses in connection with its 2007 acquisition of Alcan
The lawsuit centers on Rio Tinto’s 2011 acquisition of Mozambique coal explorer Riversdale Mining for $3.7 billion. The SEC said that soon after the deal was completed, Rio Tinto learned that the acquisition would yield less coal, and of a lower quantity, than expected.

The securities regulator said Rio Tinto concealed the problems with the deal, in part because Rio Tinto had already disclosed huge losses in connection with its 2007 acquisition of Alcan. Making public a second failure “would call into question Albanese’s and Elliott’s ability to pursue the core of Rio Tinto’s business model,” the SEC said in its complaint.

By making misleading public statements, Rio Tinto and the executives were able to raise $5.5 billion from U.S. investors, the SEC said. They continued to solicit the investments even after executives of the Mozambique subsidiary told Albanese and Elliott that the unit was likely worth negative $680 million, according to the SEC.

The SEC said the fraud continued until January 2013, when another executive discovered accounting irregularities. Albanese subsequently resigned, and the Mozambique subsidiary was sold for just $50 million, the SEC said.

Rio Tinto said it would defend itself vigorously against the allegations. Lawyers for Albanese and Elliott could not immediately be reached for comment.

The minister said once the digital currency or CryptoRuble is issued other cryptocurrency mining will be banned and it will be entirely regulated by the government.

“I am so confident to declare that we will run CryptoRuble just for one simple reason: if we don’t, our neighbors in the Eurasian Economic Community will do it in a couple of months,” said Nikiforov.

All the financial operations involving the CryptoRuble will be taxed according to the minister. The tax will also be applied to any appreciation in value.

“When buying and selling a CryptoRuble, the rate will be 13 percent from the earned difference. If the owner cannot explain the reason for the appearance of his CryptoRubles, when converting them into Russian rubles, the tax for him will be 13 percent of the total,” he said.

The national digital currency will be moved to international markets, according to the Russia's Deputy Minister of Economic Development Oleg Fomichev, stressing that there is no point in the currency circulating only inside the country.

“This mustn’t be a private currency, but the one, which is issued by the state, controlled by the state and enable to provide circulation of digital money in light of the digital economy,” he said.

About 400 people on Monday participated in the event sponsored by Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization.

University of California Professor Henrik Christensen was optimistic about the future possibilities for the robotics industry. He said research should lead to new practical applications, such as nursing care for the elderly and rescue work during natural disasters.

The event showcased some of the latest robots. One machine will pick things up in response to orders sent from a tablet.

A Japanese participant said he hopes to work with Silicon Valley to foster further growth in Japan's robotics industry.