Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange

Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange
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TypeStock exchange
LocationMoscow, Russia
Founded1992
Closed2011
OwnerMICEX Group
Key peopleRuben Aganbegyan (President)
CurrencyRussian ruble
No. of listings250
Market capUS$770.6 billion (Dec 2011)[1]
IndicesMICEX Index
Websitewww.micex.com

The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (Russian: Московская межбанковская валютная биржа) or MICEX (Russian: ММВБ) was a stock exchange that operated in Russia from 1992 to 2011. MICEX was the leading Russian stock exchange and one of the largest universal stock exchanges in Eastern Europe. It merged with the Russian Trading System in 2011, creating Moscow Exchange.

MICEX consisted of about 550 participating organizations and members, which traded for their clients. In 2006 the volume of transactions on the MICEX reached 20.38 trillion rubles (US$754.9 billion), representing more than 90% of the total turnover of the leading stock exchanges in the Russian stock market. About 239 Russian companies were listed, with a market capitalization of US$950 billion as of December 2010.