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January 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange releases indices annual review 2016, reports gains in most key sectors

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced its indices annual review for 2016. In 2016, the MICEX Index was up 26.76% to 2,232.72 (from 1,761.36 on 30 December 2015), while the dollar-denominated RTS Index rose 52.22% to 1,152.33 (from 757.04). The dollar depreciated 16.87% against the rouble. Volatility decreased, with the Russian Volatility Index falling 26.94% to…

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January 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange looking for a new CFO

Moscow Exchange just announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Evgeny Fetisovof, will leave his current position at the end of the first quarter of 2017 to take up a post at another company. Evgeny Fetisov joined Moscow Exchange four years ago and successfully led a number of key initiatives, including building the finance function of…

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January 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange launches weekly options

On 26 January 2017, Moscow Exchange will launch trading in weekly options on the RTS Index. The new instrument will complement MOEX`s monthly and quarterly options offering. The contracts will become available for trading two weeks prior to their expiration. They will expire every Thursday starting on 9 February 2017. A weekly option series will…

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January 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX announces malfunction on its Exchange Equity & Bond Market

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) reported that at approximately 14:30 MSK on 16 January 2017, the Exchange's IT team observed inaccurate operation of software used to produce order tables for one of the repo trading modes. The malfunction could potentially result in errors in accepting orders from trading participants in other trading modes of the Equity &…

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January 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX announces increased volatility in December's 2016 equity and bond indices report

In December, Moscow Exchange’s Indices reflected the positive trend on the Russian stock market. The MICEX Index was up 6.07% to 2,232.72 (from 2,104.91 on 30 November), while the dollar-denominated RTS Index rose 11.98% to 1,152.33 (from 1,029.05). The dollar depreciated 7.19% against the rouble. Volatility increased, with the Russian Volatility Index rising 11.97% to…

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