OREANDA-NEWS. September 17, 2012. On 14 September at the end of the trading session new trading records were set on all the Moscow Exchange markets.

Derivatives market

Trading volume on FORTS, the derivatives market of the Moscow Exchange, reached USD16.8 billion (RUB526.7 billion) representing 11.2 million contracts showing its highest value since 2001.

Trading volume of futures contracts amounted to USD15 billion (RUB 469 billion) representing 10.5 million contracts.

The FORTS money section also saw historical highs. Total trading volume of derivatives on currencies and Russian Federation Government bonds (OFZ) hit a new record of USD5.2 billion (RUB163 billion) or 5.3 million contracts. Trading volume of the USD/RUB FX futures contract reached USD4.6 billion representing 4.7 million contracts.

Securities market

Trading volume of securities amounted to USD5.6 billion (RUB174.3 billion) setting a new trading record for 2012. Number of trades was 715.5 thousand.

Trading members executed 710.4 thousand trades on shares for a total value of USD3.3 billion (RUB104.4 billion) and 2.6 thousand trades on bonds for a total value of USD 2.2 billion (RUB69.3 billion).

FX market

The Moscow Exchange FX market trading volume made up USD20.67 billion (RUB649.19 billion) surpassing the daily average trading volume of August-September 2012 by 50%.