There are various indexes on the stock market. Among them are MICEX, RTS, S&P, Dow Jones and others. This article is devoted to one of the leading indicators of securities trading in Russia, such as the RTS index.
Stock market indicator
The stock index is an indicator of the stock market. Thanks to him, you can view the average value of changing stock prices. The need and significance of stock indices is a real assessment of the state and behavior of the relevant sector of the financial market.
At present, the importance of the securities market is extremely increasing for the formation of the economies of developed countries. This forces us to pay due attention to the consideration and analysis of the state of this market, as well as to apply special relative and absolute indicators, including stock indices.
The most popular indexes in Russia
Today, there are a large number of both foreign and Russian indices. Historically, the MICEX became the most famous and widespread in the Russian Federation:
- M - Moscow.
- M - interbank.
- In - currency.
- B - exchange.
And also RTS:
- P - Russian.
- T - trading.
- C is the system.
These two stock exchanges are the largest in Russia. They can trade a variety of financial instruments: bonds, futures, stocks and much more.
Largest exchange
RTS Stock Exchange is an open joint stock company. The exchange organizes free trading of stocks and financial derivatives of market participants at a high technical level. Its main tasks are to formulate and further develop an economically successful concept for securities prices. The stock exchange pays great attention to the issues of promoting the Russian economy to the world level. It is one of the most significant exchanges in Russia and is in serious competition with the leading domestic stock exchange - MICEX.
RTS Stock Exchange Open Joint-Stock Company was founded in 2003. In 2006, it became the center of the Group of the Russian trading system on the basis of a non-profit partnership.
The exchange contains a number of special platforms for the purpose of trading various types of securities: RTS Standart, RTS Classica, FORTS, T + O, RTS Global, RTS Start.
Detailed index feature
The RTS Index is one of the main indicators of securities trading in the Russian Federation. It has existed since 1995. Initially, his calculation covered 100 points. To calculate the RTS index, you need to take as a basis the price of 50 liquid shares of the most capitalized companies located in Russia. In addition to the well-known indicator, there is RTS-2. It includes, so to speak, second-tier stocks. These are all kinds of industry and technical indices.
The RTS Index shows in relative units the total market capitalization of the securities of certain companies among issuers.
The index is calculated regularly, every 15 seconds according to the results of trading on the stock exchange. This means that its value in real time is constantly changing.
The composition of the index is reviewed quarterly (four times a year). Some stocks are removed from the settlement base, adding others. The share of any one share, which is part of its structure, cannot be more than 15 percent. It must be said that the prices of shares included in this index, in contrast to the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange, are indicated in US dollars.
Thus, the Russian trading system is rightfully considered to be one of the leading and competitive stock exchanges in the Russian Federation. RTS to one degree or another reflects the structure of the Russian economy.