OREANDA-NEWS. On 16 July 2009 was announced, that on July 14, 2009 a new trading volume record was set on RTS Standard.

By the end of the trading session the participants of trading had executed a record number of trades – 23,624 with a record value of USD389 014 033

The previous record number of trades was registered on July 13, 2009 when the market participants transacted 23,608 trades.

The previous trading volume record was set on June 2, 2009 when RTS Standard volume reached USD380.7 million.

RTS Standard sets a totally new standard for equity trading in Russia. It will facilitate building up the liquidity of the Russian securities market, curb counterparties’ risks and boost development of the infrastructure. It aims to attract substantial international investor interest into the local equity market due to the applied global standards of trading.

RTS Standard offers CCP trading in anonymous order book without full advance depositing of assets and with settlement on T+4. The market hours are from 10.30 am to 11.50 pm MSK. The range of instruments includes top 20 liquid stocks of Russian issuers. RTS Standard also offers portfolio margining with trades made on FORTS, RTS’s derivatives section, which makes trading in all the instruments possible using a single, consolidated cash position.