An outage of just over one hour occurred on the Moscow Exchange derivatives market yesterday. Will confidence be affected? Derivatives trading at Moscow Exchange (MOEX) resumed late yesterday evening after an outage of just over one hour. The Russian venue did not elaborate as to the reason for the disruption, which occurred at 21.43 local…
Read moreCause of suspension still unknown, nor when trading might resume. Moscow Exchange, Russia's largest securities exchange group, has made a terse announcement that it has suspended all derivatives trading for the time being. No reason was given, other than the ME stating that the cause of the suspension is being investigated, and that trading resumption time…
Read moreFX market turnover in February was RUB 23.0 trln (more than double March 2013's RUB 10.1 trln) FX market turnover on the Moscow Exchange in March was RUB 23.0 trln (more than double March 2013"s RUB 10.1 trln), including spot trades of RUB 7.3 trln (32% of the total) and swap trades of RUB 15.7 trln (68%). The FX market's average daily turnover was…
Read moreRussia's advanced executing venue looks to the Far East for cooperation between venues on financial market development Making headway among executing venues in rapidly emerging markets is Russia's Moscow Exchange (MOEX.ME) which has risen to prominence during the course of the last year as a result of a number of factors, including the direct connectivity provided…
Read moreFX trading volume for 2013 increased 33% as Moscow Exchange aspires to perform well on the world stage 2013 was an interesting year for those with a vested interest in Russia's financial markets, particularly when considering electronic trading of the nation's sovereign currency, the ruble. Russia has high aspirations for the ruble, with some market…
Read moreRussia's leading exchange has been focusing on increasing its business with Far East traders and investors. Moscow Exchange has announced the launch of trading in the FinEx MSCI China UCITS ETF (ticker FXCN). The FXCN tracks the MSCI China Index, which comprises 138 Chinese securities. The fund's shares will be traded on Moscow Exchange's securities…
Read moreYear-on-year growth remains steady, rising FX volatility might be here to stay FX contracts volumes on the Moscow exchange have subsided somewhat from December's impressive showing. Despite being on the lower side when compared to the end of last year, the number overall is pretty strong considering that Russia was celebrating NYE and Christmas during…
Read moreThe month of December concludes a record setting year for the Russian forex marketplace The FX market turnover on the Moscow Exchange has staged an impressive rebound to conclude a record setting year in terms of forex volumes. The month of December ended the year deep in the green marking a rise by 37% on…
Read moreThe new condition is aimed at improving quality of the exchange’s order book The Moscow exchange has issued a press release on its website announcing that a new fee will be introduced on FX trades since January 20th 2014. Every trade that’s worth less than 50 lots will have an additional 25 RUB fee applied.…
Read moreRussian FX traders lose a bit of appetite towards the end of an otherwise very active year The FX market turnover on the Moscow Exchange is continuing its drop in activity. They have reported their volume metrics figures for the month of November and the result is a drop of about 12% to RUB 12.3…
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