02.06.2014 16:54

Moscow Exchange's turnover was RUB 36.4 trln in May 2014

Moscow Exchange"s turnover was RUB 36.4 trln in May 2014.

Equities & Bonds

Secondary market turnover in stocks, RDRs, and investment fund units increased 18% to RUB 824 bln (May 2013: RUB 698 bln). Average daily turnover rose 24% to RUB 41 bln (May 2013: RUB 33 bln).

Corporate and sovereign bond turnover on the secondary market was RUB 545 bln (May 2013: 907 bln). The average daily turnover was RUB 27 bln (May 2013: RUB 43 bln).

A total of 12 new bond issues with a total value of RUB 120 bln were placed in May.

Derivatives

Derivatives market turnover was RUB 3.3 trln (May 2013: RUB 4.3 trln), or 81.5 mln contracts (May 2013: 102.6 mln contracts), of which RUB 3 trln were futures and RUB 302 bln were options.

Open interest was RUB 520 bln at the end of the month (May 2013: RUB 451 bln).

FX market

FX market turnover in May was RUB 16.7 trln, up 38% YOY (May 2013: RUB 12.1 trln), including spot trades of RUB 5.1 trln and swap trades of RUB 11.7 trln. The FX market"s average daily turnover was RUB 0.8 trln, or USD 24 bln.

Money market

Money market turnover totalled RUB 14.9 trln (May 2013: RUB 19.3 trln). The average daily turnover was RUB 743 bln (May 2013: 921 bln).

The volume of CCP repo transactions reached a record RUB 1.5 trln. Average daily turnover was RUB 77 bln. An intraday CCP repo turnover record of RUB 103.4 bln was set on 30 May. A total of 220 trading members have made CCP repo trades since the market was launched.

A record RUB 1.5 trln of deposit & credit operations were conducted in May. A record intraday volume of RUB 271 bln was deposited on 22 May.

NOTES TO EDITORS

About Moscow Exchange

OJSC Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS ("MOEX") operates Russia"s largest public trading markets for equity, bond, derivative, foreign exchange and money market products, as well as Russia"s Central Securities Depository (CSD) and the country"s largest clearing service provider, National Clearing Centre. At the end of 2012, it ranked among the world"s top-20 exchanges for equity trading by market capitalization and among the top-10 for bond trading by trading volume and for exchange-traded derivatives by number of contracts traded. Moscow Exchange has 716 issuers listed on its securities exchange, including many of Russia"s largest companies.

Moscow Exchange was formed in December 2011 as a result of a merger between Russia"s two main exchange groups. The merger brought together MICEX Group, the oldest domestic exchange and operator of the leading securities, foreign exchange and money market platform in Russia, and the RTS Group, at the time the operator of Russia"s leading derivatives market. This combination created a vertically integrated public trading market across most major asset classes. Following the merger the company became an open joint stock company (OJSC) and was named Moscow Exchange. Moscow Exchange completed an initial public offering of its shares on 15 February 2013.

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