Moscow Exchange to launch single stock futures contracts on eight Russian companies

February 11, 2022 - Deliverable futures contracts on stocks of eight Russian companies will begin trading on the Moscow Exchange Derivatives Market on 15 February 2022.

Moscow Exchange says that the new instruments will improve diversification and portfolio management opportunities for both retail and institutional investors.

The contracts will be on the following stocks:

Gazpromneft,
Samolet Group,
Detsky Mir,
Mechel,
RUSAL,
Rosseti,
SPB Exchange,
PhosAgro.

The tick will be one rouble; the tick value will be one rouble. The futures will be settled automatically by executing trades with T+2 settlement on the Moscow Exchange Equity Market.

In 2021, trading volume in single stock derivatives grew by 78.8% YoY to RUB 7 trln. A total of 37 single stock contracts on Russian and international stocks are available to investors.