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Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –
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In February 2026, 739,300 private investors conducted debt securities transactions on secondary trading on the Moscow Exchange (20% compared to February 2025). Their share of bond trading volume was 12.2%.
In February, private investors invested 190.7 billion rubles in bonds on the Moscow Exchange stock market. Of this, 48.6% were invested in ruble-denominated OFZs, 35.8% in ruble-denominated corporate bonds, and another 15.7% in foreign currency bonds.
The volume of primary bond placements in February amounted to 1.8 trillion rubles, of which overnight bond placements accounted for 220 billion rubles. OFZs accounted for 36% of the primary placement volume (29% in February 2025).
The volume of secondary trading in corporate, regional, and government bonds reached 2.1 trillion rubles in February. This includes secondary trading in OFZs, which exceeded 1 trillion rubles (31.8% of the February 2025 level), and non-government bonds, which totaled 692.8 billion rubles. The average daily trading volume was 205.5 billion rubles.
In the over-the-counter trading segment with a central counterparty, trading volume in February 2026 amounted to RUB 336.3 billion (a 2.1-fold increase compared to February 2025).
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