MOEX to Extend Its Equity Market Trading Hours

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced yesterday that starting December 6 2021, its Equity Market will be extended by three hours to include a morning trading session. Trading on the market will run for 17 hours a day, from 6:50 am to 11:50 pm Moscow time.

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Shares from the MOEX Russia Index (IMOEX) will be available for pre-market trading, as will the most liquid global stocks and depositary receipts. The full list of securities is published on the Exchange's website.

Exchange-traded funds will become available in morning trading in due course. Liquidity during pre-market trading will be supported by market makers.

Clients in Siberia and the Russian Far East as well as the Asia-Pacific region will benefit from more convenient trading hours. Market participants will be able to respond more quickly to changing global market dynamics and implement additional trading and arbitrage opportunities in the morning hours.

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.