November 2021 the number of brokerage accounts of private investors in Moscow Exchange increased by 1.6 million and reached 26.5 million. Transactions were performed by more than 2.6 million people, which is a record high and twice as high as 1.3 million in November last year. The volume of trades in shares of foreign companies also reached a record, exceeding for the first time the mark of ₽100 billion and amounting to ₽107.7 billion.