Sector Index Futures contracts

 
 
 
 

Overview

The Sector Indices are capitalization-weighted indices calculated based on prices of the most liquid shares of Russian issuers whose economic activity relates to a certain sector of the economy.

Index futures are currently available on the Moscow Exchange:

  Oil & Gas
Financials
  Metals & Mining
Consumer & Retail

Index performance (Jan 2017 -  Dec 2021)

Characteristics of the indexes

Index Annualized return Annualized volatility Correlation
with IMOEX
5 years 3 years 1 year 5 years 3 years 1 year 5 years
MOEXOG 9,5% 9,4% 24,7% 20,4% 23,0% 19,5% 0,91
MOEXFN 7,4% 29,6% 40,1% 20,6% 22,1% 22,9% 0,80
MOEXMM 14,8% 20,8% 7,3% 17,9% 18,5% 17,4% 0,70
MOEXCN 3,9% 14,9% -3,2% 14,7% 15,8% 14,6% 0,61
IMOEX 10,7% 17,1% 15,1% 17,6% 19,0% 16,4% 1,00

Data from 01.01.2017 to 31.12.2021

 
 

Advantages

 

  Capital efficiency: initial magin 10-12%, leverage 1:8 - 1:10
  Low cost of the sector portfolio replication and commission costs (compared to the spot market)
  Possible strategies: market vs sector, sector vs sector and sector vs single stock futures
  Possible short sale of the whole sector

 

 
 

Parameters

 

Contract name Oil & Gas Index Futures Contract Metals & Mining Index Futures Contract Financials Index Futures Contract Consumer & Retail Index Futures Contract
Contract code OGI MMI FNI CNI
Quotation Oil & Gas Index Metals & Mining Index Financials Index Consumer & Retail Index
Tick size 1 point
Tick value 1 RUB
Nominal amount 1 RUB х Index
Settlement months March, June, September, December
Settlement day 3rd Thursday of the contract month

 

 
 

Materials

 
 
 
 

Market prices of future contracts

Key characteristics of the futures. To view, please, click the contract symbol in the first column.

 

 

 
 
Contact details

 

Derivatives Market Department

Telephone: +7 (495) 363-3232

e-mail: derivatives@moex.com