Petersburgers found alternative to bank deposits

Saint Petersburg surely is included in the three of leading regions by number of private investors, opening brokerage accounts at PUBLIC JOINT-STOCK COMPANY MOSKOVSKY EXCHANGE. In July, for example, according to the exchange, Petersburgers opened 114,6 thousand accounts, having ceded only to Muscovites (286,8 thousand) and inhabitants Moscow Region (158,4 thousand). To an early autumn of 2020 total number of the "physicists" having brokerage accounts at PUBLIC JOINT-STOCK COMPANY MOSKOVSKY EXCHANGE reached a record indicator — 6,2 million people. Growth since the beginning of year made 2,4 million, or approximately for 60%. Only in August brokerage accounts opened 515,5 thousand individual investors, and it is maximum...