Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –
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The average daily silver spot trading volume on the Moscow Exchange precious metals market during the first week of January 2026 was 5.4 tonnes, the highest level ever recorded. By comparison, this figure for 2025 was 1.3 tonnes.
The total spot silver trading volume for the first ten trading days of January of this year amounted to 43 tonnes, more than double the volume for all of January 2025. In monetary terms, trading volume for this period quadrupled compared to the volume for all of January last year, reaching 9.4 billion rubles.
Retail investors account for 61% of spot silver transactions this month. Since the beginning of 2025, individuals have already concluded over 35,000 silver transactions on the Moscow Exchange, totaling 5.1 billion rubles.
Moscow Exchange launched Russia's first delivery trading of precious metals in October 2013. An instrument with a trading code SLVRUB_TOM makes it possible to conduct transactions with silver, secured by physical metal in the vault.
The volume of spot and swap transactions involving silver on the Moscow Exchange precious metals market in 2025 amounted to 52 billion rubles (365 tonnes). The total volume of transactions on the precious metals market tripled last year, exceeding 3 trillion rubles.
On precious metals market Moscow Exchange offers investors access to gold, silver, platinum, and palladium trading. Trading and settlement are conducted in rubles through the National Clearing Center, a central counterparty, allowing participants to take advantage of a modern risk management system and secure settlements. Precious metals are delivered anonymously to the metal accounts of clearing participants.
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