MOEX Hits New Record for Trading Volumes in International Stocks

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) yesterday announced that trading volumes in international stocks on 5 November 2021 hit a record of RUB 7.6 billion, making up more than 9% of the total Equity Market trading volume. 72,000 trades were concluded.

441 international stocks are now available for trading on MOEX. On 5 November, the largest volumes were seen in Moderna, Nvidia, Tesla, Pfizer and Qualcomm.

Boris Blokhin, Head of the MOEX Equity Market, said: "We are continually expanding the instrument offering and have enabled investors to trade in the currency of their choice. The number of available securities will exceed 500 this year, with even faster growth planned for next year, plus the addition of new jurisdictions. We are delighted that investors are actively using Moscow Exchange's robust infrastructure to diversify their investments."

In early November, MOEX posted its trading metrics for October 2021​, showing that the total trading volume across all markets has fallen to RUB 84.9 trillion, down from RUB 89.7 trillion in the same period last year. The report highlighted that the growth leaders in October were the equity, derivatives, standardized OTC derivatives, and precious metal markets.