OREANDA-NEWS. October 04, 2010. On September 30, 2010 a new trading record was set in the currency section of FORTS, futures and options market of RTS.

Trading volume of USD/RUB FX futures contracts amounted to 667,903 contacts or USD674,482,145 (or  RUB20,506,280,654). The previous trading record for this instrument was set on May 21, 2010 when trading volume of the USD/RUB futures totaled 620,129 contracts or USD629,476,442 (or RUB19,357,848,382).

Market participants also concluded 6,442 trades on the EUR/USD futures contracts. The trading volume in this instrument totaled 449,191 contracts or USD615,128,508 (RUB18,701,752,014).

The previous record number of trades in this futures contract was made on September 22, 2010, with trading volume totaling to 389,889 contracts or   USD518,067,597 (RUB16,102,266,198).

FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, is the leading trading venue for futures and options in Russia. Trading on FORTS started in September 2001. According to the Futures Industry Association the derivatives market of RTS is among the TOP-10 global derivatives exchanges based on the results of 2009. At present FORTS has the widest range of instruments in Russia. These are 46 contracts (33 futures and 13 options) on RTS Index, shares of Russian companies, short term interest rates, currency, oil,  gold, silver, and sugar.