OREANDA-NEWS. The total monthly trading volume on the Moscow Exchange's markets in May was RUB 36.4 trln. The average daily trading volume was RUB 1.8 trln, down 3.9% MoM. Trading in securities, RDRs, and mutual fund units made up 2.3% (RUB 0.82 trln) of the total trading volume, the bond market's share was 1.8% (RUB 0.66 trln), the derivatives market made up 9.1% (RUB 3.3 trln), and the FX and money market accounted for a combined 86.8% (RUB 31.6 trln).

The trading volume of stocks totaled RUB 0.82 trln in May. The average daily trading volume was RUB 41.2 bln, down 4.8% MoM. The T+2 sector made up 97.9% of the total secondary market trading volume, the Standard and Classica sectors accounted for 0.01%, and the T0 sector came in at 2.1%. There were no placements on the primary market. The OTC trading volume was RUB 0.23 trln, or 22% of the combined value of the secondary market and OTC trades.

The MICEX Index was up 9.65% MoM to 1,432.03 at the end of May from 1,306.01 at the end of April. The dollar-denominated RTS Index was up 12.12% to 1,295.75 from 1,155.7. The cash equity market's capitalisation appreciated 10.4% to USD 697.96 bln from USD 632.18 bln).

The following blue chips were down in May:

Polyus Gold ords, by 2.4% (RUB 518.3 per share).

The following blue chip shares were up in May:

Rostelecom ords, by 8% (RUB 82.8 per share),

Federal Grid Company ords, by 4.4% (RUB 0.05757 per share),

VTB Bank ords, by 23.9% (to RUB 0.0479 per share),

Gazprom ords, by 10% (RUB 141.7 per share),

Sberbank ords, by 16.6% (to RUB 84.5 per share),

Lukoil ords, by 4.7% (RUB 1,968 per share),

Rosneft ords, by 1.5% (to RUB 226 per share),

Surgutneftegas ords, by 0.8% (to RUB 25.089 per share), and

Norilsk Nickel ords, by 3.9% (to RUB 6.656 per share).

This month's most traded stocks were Sberbank ords (SBER) with a turnover of RUB 251.34 bln (30% of the total), followed by Gazprom (GAZP) with RUB 170.07 bln (21%), VTB Bank (VTBR) with RUB 66.56 bn (8%), Lukoil (LKOH) with RUB 46.67 bln (6%), and Norilsk Nickel (GMKN) with RUB 30.14 bln (4%). Other securities' turnover totalled RUB 259.6 bln (31% of the total trading volume).

The secondary bond market's trading volume totaled RUB 0.67 trln in May. The average daily trading volume was RUB 33.2 bln, down 9% MoM. Secondary market turnover in corporate ruble bonds was RUB 241 bln (36.2% of the total trading volume). Regional ruble bonds' turnover was RUB 20.5 bln (3.1%), Sovereign ruble bonds saw RUB 274.3 bln (41.3%), while Eurobonds had RUB 8.6 bln (1.3%). The total volume of new issues placed was to RUB 120.4 bln (18.1%).

The Russian Government Bond Index (RGBI) grew 2.44% in May to 127.38 (from 124.35 at the end of April). The MICEX Municipal Bond Index (MICEX MBI CP) moved up 0.13% to 94.93 (from 94.81). The MICEX Corporate Bond Index went down 0.18% to 90.89 (from 91.05).

The total value traded on the Moscow Exchange's derivatives market in May was RUB 3.3 trln, or 81 mln contracts. The average daily value was RUB 165.6 bln, down 14.6% MoM. The total open interest at the end of the month was RUB 520 bln, or 13 mln contracts. Index derivatives made up 54.8% of the total trading volume (RUB 1.8 trln), securities derivatives constituted 8% (RUB 0.26 trln), FX derivatives made up 35.8% (RUB 1.2 trln), interest derivatives came to 0.2% (RUB 4 bln), and commodity derivatives were 1.3% (RUB 44.6 bln).

The most traded derivatives in May were the RTS Index futures contract (RTS), with a trading volume of RUB 1.8 trln (54.4% of the total), the USD/RUB FX futures contract (Si) at RUB 1 trln (31.7%), futures on Sberbank ords (SBR) at RUB 116.2 trln (3.5%), futures on Gazprom ords (GAZ) at RUB 83.2 bln (2.5%), and the EUR/USD FX futures contract (ED) at RUB 78.2 bln (2.4%). Other derivatives' turnovers totalled RUB 0.183 trln (5.5%).

The USD and EUR depreciated against the RUB in May. The USD with next day settlement weakened RUB 0.94 (2.6%) to RUB 34.78. The EUR with next day settlement decreased by RUB 2.06 (4.2%) to RUB 47.35 at the end of May.

The FX market's trading volume totaled RUB 16.7 trln* in May. The average daily trading volume was RUB 836 bln, down 1% MoM. Spot trading reached RUB 5 trln, or 30.3% of the total trading volume. Swap operations accounted for 69.7% of the total trading volume (RUB 11.66 trln).

USD/RUB transactions made up 82% of the total trading volume, with a total value of RUB 13.7 trln; EUR/RUB came to RUB 2.7 trln (16.1%); EUR/USD totalled RUB 0.3 trln (1.8%), CNY/RUB were RUB 12.7 bln (0.09%), and the dual currency basket's transaction volume came to RUB 0.6 bln (0.01%).

The money market trading volume was RUB 14.9 trln in May. The average daily trading volume was RUB 0.74 trln, down 4% MoM. Interdealer repo transactions totalled RUB 5.4 trln (36.2% of the total trading volume), while direct repo with the CBR came to RUB 7.96 trln (53.5%). Credit market volumes were RUB 0.7 trln (4.6%) (including CBR deposit operations of RUB 583 bln and CBR lombard auctions of RUB 6.4 bln), Federal Treasury deposit operations accounted for RUB 725 bln (4.9%), Pension Fund deposit operations totalled RUB 111 bln (0.7%), and VEB auctions made up RUB 100 bln.

* inclusive of the additional session.