Moscow Exchange plans to launch AI-formed stock index in 2026
MOSCOW. Dec 12 (Interfax) - The Moscow Exchange intends to launch a stock index with securities selected by artificial intelligence (AI) in 2026, the chairman of the trading platform's executive board Viktor Zhidkov said.
"We want to launch an index next year, where artificial intelligence will be used to form the calculation base. We believe that artificial intelligence has the ability to analyze the landscape, all content related to issuer companies and select issuers it considers most promising for building an index," Zhidkov told journalists.
"We will of course incorporate the limitations contained in regulatory requirements. But at the same time, it will be the artificial intelligence in particular that will analyze and react to all the changes it sees in the information space, catch all the signals, and provide the composition of this index with its recommendations. Currently, securities are selected for indices based on a number of criteria, the main one being the free-float capitalization of the securities," Zhidkov said.
For now, the plans are only for a stock index. "We have the main stock index IMOEX; it is popular, many instruments are created based on this index. It seems to us that comparing these indices will allow investors to evaluate the capabilities of artificial intelligence," he said.
"Essentially, an index is a simplification for an investor in choosing an investment object. That is, we are saying that a certain set of securities will allow for both diversifying investments and at the same time obtaining maximum returns in terms of optimal risk and choice. I think our task here is in particular to compare the technologies developed by the minds of the regulatory view, the exchange view, market analysts and artificial intelligence, which in our opinion can demonstrate the ability to process information faster, extract certain interrelationships, form certain conclusions regarding a particular security. And what comes out of it, I think, will be interesting to analyze," he said.
