OREANDA-NEWS. On 20 March 2009 was announced, that on March 18, 2009 a record open interest in the futures contract on the EUR/USD exchange rate was created on FORTS, RTS derivatives section.

By the end of the main trading session the open interest in this instrument hit a record high of 163,760 contracts, or 214,984,972.27 USD.

The previous record was set on March 13, 2009 when the open interest reached 145,136 contracts, or 187,716,914.58 USD.

FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, is the 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 48 contracts (31 futures and 17 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, silver, gas, oil, sugar and gold.