OREANDA-NEWS. May 06, 2011. On May 5, 2011 by the end of the evening trading session trading volume in derivatives on FORTS, futures and options market of RTS, reached USD2,117,735,371 or RUB57,734,760,576.

By the end of the yesterday trading day trading volume in the most liquid instrument of the FORTS currency section, RUB/USD FX futures, totaled USD1,253,430,526 or RUB34,303,259,926 representing 1,251,200 contracts. 63,574 trades on this contract were executed.

In addition, the day before a new main session trading record was set on FORTS. Then the trading volume amounted to USD10,722,638,322 representing 1,251,200 contracts.

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 2010. 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.