OREANDA-NEWS. On 10 August 2009 was announced, that a new record in open interest volume of futures contracts on Money Market section was registered on Futures and Options on RTS (FORTS market).

By the closure of the main trading session the open interest volume in EUR/USD futures contracts was 271,340 contracts or USD388,437,495.

The previous record was set on July 16, 2009 with the open interest volume in EUR/USD futures contracts reaching 244,666contracts or USD345 634 079.

According to the January-February statistics issued by the Futures Industry Association (FIA), one of the world’s major professional associations of derivative exchanges, EUR/USD futures contract traded on RTS, was rated 16th among other 20 FX derivative instruments most actively traded worldwide. The latest trading statistics indicates investors’ interest to this contract as in the times of high exchange rate volatility it is still the most reliable hedging instrument.

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, oil products, sugar and gold.