MOSCOW - Russian retail investors boosted their holdings of securities - mainly Russian and foreign stocks as well as bonds denominated in foreign currencies - by 1.3 trillion roubles ($17.6 billion) to 5.3 trillion roubles last year, the central bank said.

In a report on Thursday, the bank also said retail investors bought foreign currency worth a record 360 billion roubles in the fourth quarter, which was partly used to buy foreign stocks.

($1 = 73.8940 roubles)

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