OREANDA-NEWS. March 17, 2011. On March 16, 2011 a new evening session trading record was set on FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, showing its highest value since the launch of the evening trading session on FORTS.

Trading volume in derivatives on RTS reached a total value of USD1,809,133,524 (RUB51,846,510,357.4) during the period from 7:00PM to 11:50 PM MSK.

The previous trading record of the FORTS evening session was fixed on January 31, 2011, when trading volume amounted to USD1,534,726,988 or RUB45,532,894,194.

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 54 contracts (40 futures and 14 options) on the RTS Index, RTS Standard Index, shares of Russian companies, short term interest rates, currency, oil, gasoil, power, gold, silver, and sugar.