The lombard repo rate was kept at 8.75 percent and the deposit rate - at 5.75 percent.

Run-off votes were held last weekend in the poll, seen as a test for the ruling party after a year-long standoff between the Georgian Dream and the opposition United National Movement,

SOCAR plans to use the funds raised from the placement of bonds to finance obligations under various projects.

Azerbaijan has reduced gold production by 2.7 percent year-on-year to 2.608 tonnes in January-September, production of silver rose by 7.7 percent.

Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 11.3 percent year-on-year in January-September after contracting 5.0 percent in the same period last year.