OREANDA-NEWS. December 15, 2009. The final settlement price of the December futures contract on the RTS Index reached 137,623 points. It is calculated on the basis of the average RTS Index value for the last hour of trading from 4:45 to 5:45 pm MSK (1376.23 points as of December 14, 2009).

Final settlement prices were also calculated for the December futures contract on the RTS Consumer & Retail Index — 243.95 points, December futures contract on the RTS Oil & Gas Index – 176.18 points, and for the December futures contract on the RTS Telecom Index – 165.77 points. These final settlement prices are calculated based on the average values of the corresponding indices for the last hour of trading from 4:45 to 5:45 pm MSK (243.95 points, 176.18 points and 165.77 points respectively as of December 14, 2009).

December futures contracts settled on December 15, 2009.

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 47 contracts (34 futures and 13 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, silver, diesel oil, sugar and gold.