The number of active individual clients on the Russian stock market in 2023 reached 7.6 million

Individuals have become the key source of liquidity in the stock market and derivatives market in 2023. Managing Director of the Moscow Exchange Vladimir Krekoten spoke about this at a conference “Financial market. New guidelines in a changing world”, organized by the Kommersant Publishing House. According to his data, if in 2021 they accounted for 40% of the turnover on the stock market, then in 2023 – already 80%. In the bond market, the share increased from 10% to 16%, and in the derivatives market – from 43% to 65%.

“Across all market segments there has been a significant increase in the share of individuals in turnover. It is clear that this is due to the departure of international institutional investors and the changes in market conditions that have taken place. Nevertheless, the Russian “physicist”, the Russian private client, has become the king of this market and sets certain trends,” said Mr. Krekoten.

2023 was a record year for the influx of funds from individuals into investments, and this is very significant, continued the Managing Director of the Moscow Exchange. “The financial system is a system of communicating vessels. High rate – profitable to hold (money.— “Kommersant”) on deposits, the rate went down – investments begin to play a different role for a person, a person begins to transfer money to investments, and the investment planning horizon increases. From 2019 to 2023, the number of investors (from among individuals— “Kommersant”) is growing steadily on the market,” said Vladimir Krekoten.

According to his data, during this time the number of individual clients increased from 3.9 million to 29.7 million, and the number of their accounts – from 6.1 million to 52.4 million. In addition, from 0.4 million to 3, The number of individual clients who make at least one transaction during the month increased by 6 million, and from 0.9 million to 7.6 million – those who make a transaction during the year. And this is a new record, stated Mr. Krekoten: “We see that people are becoming more and more interested in this market. And this is commendable. This will support the investment opportunities that will appear on the market. Structural restructuring of the economy is impossible without an influx of new money, and this influx is now largely coming from individuals.”

Read about the share of individuals in stock trading in the Kommersant article. “Investors preferred not to take risks”.