OREANDA-NEWS. On 22 January 2009 was announced, that on January 20, 2009 a record number of trades in US dollar futures contracts was registered on FORTS.

During the day-time trading session market participants made 15 923 trades in this futures contract. The previous record was set on January 15, with the number of trades reaching 9098.

Amid currency market instability the futures contract on US dollar remains a safe instrument of hedging against currency risk.

FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, is a leading trading venue for futures and options in Russia. Trading on FORTS started in September 2001. At present FORTS has the widest range of instruments in Russia. These are 66 contracts (46 futures and 20 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, silver, gas, oil, sugar and gold.