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Almost 5 Mln People Started Investing On Moscow Exchange In 2020 Date 14/01/2021 In 2020, almost 5 mln new retail investors joined Moscow Exchange, more than all previous years put together. This brought the total number of individuals with a brokerage account on MOEX to 8.8 mln. Retail investor activity also grew consistently throughout 2020: in December 2020, 1.4 people traded on the Exchange versus 392,000 people in December 2019. Annual trading volumes on the Equity Market reached an all-time high of RUB 23.9 trln, an almost twofold increase YoY. Retail investors accounted for 40.6% of equity trading, 13% of bonds trading, 12.3% of FX spot trading and 42% of derivatives trading. The net asset value (NAV) of ETFs available for trading on MOEX in 2020 was RUB 145.7 bln (USD 2 bln). The 55 ETFs available for trading include 16 ETFs and 39 Russian-law ETFs, of which three ETFs and 20 Russian-law ETFs were added in 2020. In 2020, investments in ETFs gre ....