SPB Exchange shares soared by 16.96% to 141.4 rubles per paper as of 11:54 MSC, according to trading data on the Moscow Exchange. By 11:56 MSC, the growth slowed to 15.8%, and the price per share amounted to 140 rubles.

The jump in quotations occurred after SPX Exchange published trading results for 2022 and announced that it intends to end 2022 with a profit. In addition, the exchange announced plans to admit to trading in 2023 25 ETFs in Hong Kong dollars and yuan with a listing in Hong Kong and at least 500 Hong Kong securities.

At the same time, the trading volume of foreign securities on the SPX fell more than threefold last year compared to 2021, to $122.19 billion, according to the exchange’s data.

“The value volume of transactions in the main trading mode for the “foreign securities” group of instruments on SPX in 2022 amounted to $122.19 billion ($393.43 billion in 2021). The average monthly trading volume for 2022 was $10.18 billion. The average daily trading volume in 2022 amounted to 0.49 billion (1.56 billion in 2021),” the exchange said.