Sentiment on the euro though is weak: strong data around the end of 2020 and beginning of 2021 have generally been replaced by more lacklustre figures from major economies, and the Delta variant is likely to dent many countries’ plans to ease remaining anti-covid measures. Tuesday’s close at R17.33 was a two-month high for EURZAR,…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has announced that from September 4 it is offering instruments to trade at the MOEX FX USD/RUB and EUR/RUB fixing prices with clearing and settlement via its clearinghouse, NCC Clearing Bank. Russian banks including subsidiaries of large global financial groups posted total turnover of USD 6 million on the first day of…
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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 moreThe Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has officially recognised Moscow Exchange's USD/RUB FX Fixing and Moscow Exchange's operational performance as fixing administrator as being of satisfactory quality. The CBR also the fixing`s compliance with the Bank`s requirements, which are based on the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for financial benchmarks. In March 2016,…
Read moreMoscow Exchange is reporting that from May 30, 2016, it is increasing the tick size from RUB 0.0010 to RUB 0.0025 for FX spot instruments on USD/RUB, EUR/RUB, GBP/RUB, BYR/RUB, KZT/RUB and UAH/RUB currency pairs. The larger tick size was initiated by market participants to facilitate greater liquidity of the Exchange"s order book. On April…
Read moreRetail Forex broker Alpari today provided a nice piece of news to fans of trading in the Russian ruble (RUB). The company is introducing a set of improvements to trading conditions for the USD/RUB (US dollar vs Russian ruble) and EUR/RUB (euro vs Russian ruble) pairs, with the changes effective November 16, 2015. The maximum…
Read moreFrom today, the spreads for USD/RUB and EUR/RUB are at 100 pips, because of the heightened volatility of the Russian currency.
Read moreThe plaintiff, Mr. V. A. Simonov's court claim argues that the Central Bank's inaction toward the falling value of the ruble "subsequently led the government into a crisis," Russian news agency RIA Novost reported.
Read moreMauritius-based Alpari will hike maximum leverage on USD/RUB and EUR/RUB pairs to 1:500, as a part of a wider reshuffle of trading conditions on cent accounts for MT4.
Read moreMinimum initial margin requirements were increased in December 2014 in response to substantial volatility in the ruble exchange rate and on the Russian securities market.
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