OREANDA-NEWS. On 09 June 2009 was announced records on FORTS, RTS derivatives section.

By the end of the main trading session FORTS members executed a record number of trades – 399 565 trades. Total futures and options trading volume stood at 3 583 069 contracts. The previous record was registered on June 2, 2009 when the number of trades reached 374,797 trades and the futures and options volume totalled 3 400 810 trades.

In this total a record number of trades in RTS Index futures contract was reported on the same day, totalling 213 324 trades. The previous record was registered on June 2, 2009 with the number of trades reaching 198 455.

Another record in the trading volume for futures contract on BRENT oil was reported on June 4, 2009. By the end of the main trading session the trading volume reached USD39,521,274. The previous record was registered on March 17, 2009 when the trading volume for the futures contract on BRENT oil reached USD38,577,489. 

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 50 contracts (33 futures and 17 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, silver, gas, sugar and gold.