Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Moscow Exchange – Moscow Exchange –
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On September 1, 1995, the RTS Index began to be calculated – at that time the main indicator of the Russian stock market. The first value of the index was 100 points. Since then, it has increased more than 10 times and today is at the level of 1112 points.
The RTS Index reached its maximum value on May 19, 2008 at 2487.92 points, and its minimum on October 2, 1998, when trading closed at 38.53 points. The maximum annual growth of the index by 197% was recorded in 1999.
The first RTS Index included shares of 13 issuers: RAO UES of Russia, Irkutskenergo, KAMAZ, Komineft, LUKOIL, Mosenergo, RAO Norilsk Nickel, Noyabrskneftegaz, Purneftegaz, Rostelecom, Surgutneftegaz, Tomskneft, Yuganskneftegaz. The largest number of securities (128) were included in the RTS Index in the first half of 1998, when the list consisted of all shares admitted to exchange trading.
Since 2012, the main indicators of the Russian stock market on the Moscow Exchange – the Moscow Exchange Index and the RTS Index – have the same calculation base. Today, it includes 45 of the most liquid shares of the largest public Russian companies. The Moscow Exchange Index is calculated in rubles, the RTS Index – in US dollars.
One of the most popular exchange instruments created on the index is the RTS Index futures contract, trading in which began in 2005. It is one of the most liquid instruments traded on the Moscow Exchange. Since 2021, trading in mini-futures on the RTS Index with a 10-fold reduced nominal contract volume compared to the classic RTS Index futures has begun on the Moscow Exchange futures market.
Earlier, derivative financial instruments, ETFs, and structured products managed by large international financial companies were created on the RTS Index in international markets.
Issuers with the longest history in the RTS Index:
LUKOIL; Surgutneftegas; Norilsk Nickel; Rostelecom.
The most capitalized companies in the Index are:
Sberbank – 6.65 trillion rubles; Rosneft – 4.83 trillion rubles; Gazprom – 4.38 trillion rubles.
The average daily trading volume of RTS Index futures in 2025 is 38.8 billion rubles.
The average daily trading volume of shares included in the RTS Index in 2025 is USD 899.7 million.
The maximum annual trading volume of shares included in the RTS Index was reached in 2021 and amounted to USD 324.2 billion.
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