MOSCOW, November 5. /TASS/. Investments by individual investors in securities on the Moscow Exchange’s stock market totaled 166.7 bln rubles ($2.04 bln) in October 2026, the exchange’s press service reported.

According to the Moscow Exchange, retail investors invested 145.7 bln rubles ($1.79 bln) in bonds in October, up 29.3% from October 2025, and 30.7 bln rubles ($376.13 mln) in mutual funds. The number of individual investors with brokerage accounts on the Moscow Exchange reached 43 mln at the end of October 2026, an increase of 290,500 during the month. These investors held more than 82.7 mln accounts.

The press service also reported that more than 3 mln people executed trades on the Moscow Exchange in October, including 353,500 qualified investors.

Individual investors accounted for 67.8% of equity trading volume in October, 11.5% of bond trading volume, and 49.4% of derivatives market trading volume.

The number of individual investment accounts (IIAs) stood at 6.5 mln at the end of October. Trading turnover on IIAs totaled 322.2 bln rubles ($3.95 bln) in October 2026. Equities accounted for 52% of this turnover, bonds for 20%, and mutual fund units for 28%.

Moscow led Russia’s regions in the number of IIAs opened, with 665,700 accounts, followed by the Moscow Region (386,200) and St. Petersburg (326,500). They were followed by the Krasnodar Region (219,500), Sverdlovsk Region (214,200), Bashkortostan (194,700), Tatarstan (176,600), Rostov Region (172,800), Chelyabinsk Region (155,600), and Samara Region (146,300).