OREANDA-NEWS. December 18, 2009. December 17, 2009 saw a record trading activity on RTS Standard.

By the end of the main trading session the trading volume on RTS Standard reached a record value of USD680,312,711.

The previous trading volume record was set on October 20, 2009 when the market participants transacted USD662,335,319.

The total trading volume on the RTS Stock market reached a new record value of USD699,771,162. The previous total trading volume record on the RTS Stock market was registered on October 20, 2009. On that day the trading volume in securities reached USD691,958,576.

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 22 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.