Trading Volume on FORTS Exceeded USD 8.5 Billion
OREANDA-NEWS. February 25, 2011. On February 25, 2011 at the end of the trading session the trading volume on FORTS, the futures and options market of RTS, reached a total value of USD8,512,147,548 (RUB249.3 billion) representing 4,970,221 contracts, showing its highest value since the launch of trading on this market.
Trading volume in futures contracts totaled to USD8,065,877,048 (RUB236.2 billion) representing 4,736,647 contracts also setting a record since 2001. Trading volume in the RTS Index futures amounted to USD5,680,752,691 (RUB166.4 billion) representing 728,918 contracts.
Brent Oil futures contract showed a record turnover the day before, due to the uncertain situation on global commodity markets. By the end of the day trading volume in the most liquid instrument of the FORTS commodity section made up USD179,210,903 (RUB5.3 billion) representing 158,613 contracts. There were a total of 15,118 trades.
FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, is the leading trading venue for futures and options in
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