OREANDA-NEWS. Moscow Exchange's turnover was RUB 37,154 bln in June 2014 (June 2013: RUB 40,973 bln). Equity, FX, Precious Metals, and Money Market (repo with the CCP) turnover increased, as did open interest on the Derivatives Market.

Equity & Bond Market

Secondary market turnover in stocks, RDRs, and investment fund units totalled RUB 762 bln (June 2013: RUB 666 bln). The average daily turnover was RUB 38 bln (June 2013: RUB 35 bln).

Secondary corporate and sovereign bond turnover was RUB 615 bln (June 2013: RUB 1,317 bln). The average daily turnover was RUB 31 bln (June 2013: RUB 69 bln). A total of 37 new bond issues with a combined value of RUB 187 bln were placed during June. One of the reasons for the decrease in secondary bond trading activity was fewer new placements, due to the increased cost to issuers of this type of borrowing.

Derivatives Market

Derivatives Market turnover was RUB 3,497 bln (June 2013: RUB 5,124 bln), or 85 mln contracts (June 2013: 124 mln contracts), of which RUB 3,171 bln were futures and RUB 326 bln were options. Open interest was RUB 407 bln at the end of June (at the end of June 2013: RUB 326 bln). The growth in open interest indicates an increase in the role of long term and institutional investors on the Derivatives Market.

FX Market

FX Market turnover was up 26% YoY to RUB 17,467 bln (June 2013: RUB 13,907 bln), including spot trades of RUB 4,868 bln (28% of the total) and swap trades of RUB 12,600 bln (72%).

The FX Market's average daily turnover was RUB 873 bln (USD 25 bln).

Money Market

Money Market turnover totalled RUB 14,625 bln (June 2013: RUB 19,744 bln). The average daily turnover was RUB 731 bln (June 2013: RUB 1,039 bln).

The volume of repo transactions with the CCP reached a record RUB 1,904 bln. Average daily turnover was RUB 95 bln. CCP repo volumes reached an intraday record RUB 129 bln on 30 June, with 154 participants making deals.

Bank of Russia OTC securities basket repo

Trilateral Bank of Russia securities basket repo transactions totalled RUB 2.4 trln in June.

Precious Metals Market

Trading in precious metals instruments totalled RUB 374 mln in June (May 2014: RUB 57 mln - the market has been operating since autumn 2013). Turnover was 256 kg of gold and 365 kg of silver.