Moscow Exchange (ticker: MOEX) announces trading volumes for November 2015. All Moscow Exchange markets posted strong growth compared to the same period last year: Equity & Bond Market (+32.9%), FX Market (+26.6%), Derivatives Market (+21.7%), Money Market (+17.6%), Precious Metals Market (+308%).
Equity & Bond Market
Secondary market turnover in stocks, RDRs and investment fund units was RUB 801.2 bln. (November 2014: RUB 751.4 bln). The average daily turnover was RUB 40.1 bln (November 2014: RUB 39.5 bln).
Secondary corporate, regional and sovereign bond turnover was RUB 845.7 bln (November 2014: RUB 570.0 bln). The average daily turnover was RUB 42.3 bln (November 2014: RUB 30.0 bln).
A total of 27 new bond issues with a combined value of RUB 201.3 bln was placed in November.
Derivatives Market
Derivatives Market volumes rose 21.7% YoY to RUB 9.3 trln (November 2014: RUB 7.7 trln), or 159.8 mln contracts (November 2014: 162.8 mln contracts), of which 154.7 mln contracts were futures and 5.0 mln contracts were options.
Open interest at the end of the month was RUB 610.8 bln (November 2014: RUB 1,092.6 bln).
FX Market
FX Market turnover grew 26.6% to RUB 23.7 trln (November 2014: RUB 18.7 trln), including spot trades of RUB 8.6 trln and swap trades of RUB 15.1 trln.
The FX Market's average daily turnover was RUB 1,186.2 bln (USD 18.2 bln) compared to RUB 986.6 bln in November 2014.
Money Market
Money Market turnover totalled RUB 18.1 trln (November 2014: RUB 15.4 trln). The average daily turnover was RUB 904.3 bln (November 2014: RUB 808.3 bln).
The volume of repo transactions with the CCP was RUB 8.2 trln (November 2014: RUB 2.7 trln), with the average daily turnover increasing by 190% YoY to RUB 409.1 bln.
Precious Metals Market
Trading volumes on the Precious Metals Market increased four-fold times to RUB 10.2 bln YoY. Turnover was RUB 10.2 bln (4.5 t) for gold and RUB 4.1 mln (137 kg) for silver.