OREANDA-NEWS. October 7, 2011. On October 5, 2011 FORTS, the futures and options market of RTS, saw a record high in volume of open interest on the futures contracts on baskets of Russian Federation government bonds.

By 6.45 pm MSK market participants opened positions in these instruments for a total of RUB5,178,520,248.

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 56 contracts (41 futures and 15 options) on the RTS Index, MICEX Index, RTS Standard Index, Russian Volatility Index, shares of Russian companies, Russian Federation government bonds, short term interest rates, currency, oil, gasoil, power, gold, silver, and sugar.