OREANDA-NEWS. March 3, 2011. For the period from February 1 – February 28, 2010 the trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) totaled 3,778.1 billion rubles or 70.0 million contracts, including 451.1 billion rubles during the evening trading session. At the end of February 2011 the total open interest stood at 293.1 billion rubles or 7.2 million contracts.

In February 2011 the trading volume of the cash-settled futures contract on gasoil (summer grade) reached RUB294.0 million or 13.3 thousand contracts. The trading volume of the power futures contract launched by RTS Group and OJSC Moscow Energy Exchange reached RUB877.5 million or 24.0 contracts.

 

February 2011

January 2011

Change

Futures contracts

 

 

 

Trading volume, mln USD

3,540,430,404,407

2,338,986,118,317

51.37%

Trading volume, contracts

66,977,672

42,493,234

57.62%

Number of trades

12,769,234

7,917,060

61.29%

Total open interest, mln USD

186,847,794,133

160,052,855,918

16.74%

Total open interest, contracts

5,049,656

4,332,176

16.56%

Options Contracts

 

 

 

Trading volume, mln USD

237,643,808,299

125,571,036,885

89.25%

Trading volume, contracts

3,037,737

1,537,340

97.60%

Number of trades

280,611

182,569

53.70%

Total open interest, mln USD

106,241,940,720

83,893,560,334

26.64%

Total open interest, contracts

2,113,932

1,400,080

50.99%

Total

 

 

 

Trading volume, mln USD

3,778,074,212,706

2,464,557,155,202

53.30%

Trading volume, contracts

70,015,409

44,030,574

59.02%

Number of trades

13,049,845

8,099,629

61.12%

Total open interest, mln USD

293,089,734,853

243,946,416,251

20.15%

Total open interest, contracts

7,163,588

5,732,256

24.97%