On 20 June 2017, Kazakhstan Stock Exchange and Moscow Exchange announced that have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on working together to promote exchange markets in Russia and Kazakhstan. The MoU was signed by Alina Aldambergen, CEO of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange, and Alexander Afanasiev, CEO of Moscow Exchange, during a visit to Moscow by…
Read more
Moscow Exchange announced it has completed dividend payments for 2016. The total sum paid was RUB 17.5 billion, representing 69.4% of 2016 consolidated net profit under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The dividend was RUB 7.68 per ordinary share. A total of RUB 13.9 billion was paid out to minority shareholders via the nominee holder…
Read more
Moscow Exchange announced the equity and bond market volumes report for May 2017. The highlights include: In May, Moscow Exchange’s Indices reflected the negative trend on the Russian stock market. The MICEX Index was down 5.77% to 1,900.38 (from 2,016.71 on 28 April), while the dollar-denominated RTS Index fell 5.49% to 1,053.30 (from 1,114.43). The…
Read more
Moscow Exchange's (MOEX) announced that its total trading volumes amounted to RUB 71.1 trillion in May 2017. Turnover grew on the Money Market (+39.6% YoY), Equity and Bond Market (exclusive of short-term bonds) (+28.7%), and FX Market (+21.5%). Equity and Bond Market Total trading volumes on the Equity and Bond Market grew by 28.7% to…
Read more
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced that from 1 June 2017, a new market making program will be launched on the Exchange's Spot FX Market to support the USD/RUB instrument with next day settlement. This is the first ever market making initiative on USDRUB_TOM, the most popular instrument of the spot FX market. It aims to further…
Read more
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that as of 23 May 2017, clients of China's top four financial information vendors, Great Wisdom, Wind, East Money and Emoney, have started to receive MOEX's real-time market data. The clients now receive online information on MOEX's main benchmarks (MICEX and RTS Indexes). The data range will be extended to…
Read more
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced its financial results in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for Q1 2017. Key financial highlights for Q1 2017 Fee and commission income from the Fixed Income Market increased 12.8% YoY thanks to strong primary placements, both in government and corporate bonds. Fee and commission income from the Money Market…
Read more
On 11 May 2017, AlfaStrakhovanie was admitted to trading on Moscow Exchange (MOEX)'s FX Market and executed its first FX trades. AlfaStrakhovanie is the first insurance company to gain direct access to on-exchange foreign currency trading. Igor Marich, Managing Director of the FX and Money Markets at Moscow Exchange, said: It is a current global…
Read more
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that in April 2017 total trading volumes across the exchange's markets amounted to RUB 70.9 trln. Turnover grew: on the Money Market up 20.2% YoY, Equity and Bond Market up 17.9% and FX Market up 9.5%. More detailed information on MOEX' total trading volumes can be seen below: Equity and…
Read more
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that Rosneft and Alrosa have become the first ever corporates to obtain direct market access (DMA) and trade on Moscow Exchange's FX Market. From 16 January 2017, Russian legal entities not qualified as credit institutions or professional market participants have been eligible to operate on the currency market on the…
Read more