Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –
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The number of individuals with brokerage accounts on the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) as of the end of August 2025 was 38.4 million (541 thousand in August), with 72 million accounts opened. Transactions on the Moscow Exchange stock market in August were concluded by 3.4 million people, of which 347 thousand were qualified private investors.
Over the first eight months of this year, private investors' investments in securities on the Moscow Exchange amounted to 1.52 trillion rubles, the maximum for similar periods of previous years. Of these, in August 2025, individuals invested 268.2 billion rubles in securities, which is 2.4 times more than in August last year. Investments in shares amounted to 8.3 billion rubles, in bonds – 198.3 billion rubles, in fund units – 61.6 billion rubles.
The share of private investors in the volume of trading in shares and units of exchange-traded funds in August was 70%, and in the volume of trading in bonds – 34%.
The most popular shares in private investors' portfolios in August were ordinary and preferred shares of Sberbank (29.1% and 7.1%, respectively), shares of LUKOIL (14.9%), Gazprom (14.2%), T-Technologies (7%), Yandex (5.9%), Rosneft (5.9%), VTB Bank (5.8%), NOVATEK (5.1%) and Polyus (5%).
The top 5 Russian mutual funds in the portfolios of private investors included money market funds LQDT (share – 35.7%), SBMM (19%), AKMM (18%), BCSD (2.5%) and the bond investment fund AKMB (2.5%).
The shares of morning and evening trading sessions in the total volume of stock and fund shares trading amounted to 9.5 and 20%, respectively. Retail investors were the main participants in the morning and evening sessions with shares of 83 and 76%, respectively.
The most popular securities from the Moscow Exchange IPO Index in transactions with private investors in August 2025 were shares of SVCB, SOFL, UGLD, IVAT, OZPH, ASTR, EUTR, MBNK, LEAS and PRMD.
The number of individual investment accounts (IIA) amounted to 6.1 million. Trading turnover on IIA accounts in August 2025 increased by 39% compared to August last year and amounted to 315 billion rubles. In the turnover structure, 61% are transactions with shares, 17% – with bonds and 22% – with fund units.
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