OREANDA-NEWS. On 30 March 2009 was announced, that on March 25, 2009 a record trading volume in the EUR/USD contract was reported on FORTS, RTS derivatives section.

By the end of the main trading session the trading volume in this instrument reached 150,427 contracts or over 200 million USD in money terms.

The previous record was set on March 19, 2009, with the trading volume in the EUR/USD contract hitting 147,037 contracts or over 197 million USD in money terms.

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 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.