OREANDA-NEWS. November 14, 2012. By the recommendation of the Moscow Exchange Derivatives market committee, RTS Clearing Center has set the following sizes of initial margin for the FORTS derivatives market, Saint-Petersburg Exchange and Standard sector of the Securities market.

The new Initial Margin sizes took effect from the evening clearing session on November 9, 2012.

Futures contract/Instrument of the Standard sector

Initial Margin

Current basic size

New basic size

MMC NORILSK NICKEL ordinary shares

15%

12%

Gazprom ordinary shares

12%

10%

LUKOIL ordinary shares

12%

10%

Rosneft ordinary shares

15%

12%

Sberbank ordinary shares

12%

10%

Surgutneftegas ordinary shares

15%

12%

VTB Bank ordinary shares

15%

12%

MTS ordinary shares

20%

15%

NOVATEK ordinary shares

20%

15%

Transneft preferred shares

15%

12%

Sberbank preferred shares

15%

12%

RusHydro ordinary shares

15%

12%

RDRs representing rights on shares of United Company RUSAL Plc

20%

15%

Tatneft ordinary shares

20%

15%

Severstal ordinary shares

20%

15%

Uralkali ordinary shares

20%

15%

Surgutneftegas preferred shares

15%

12%

Rostelecom ordinary shares

20%

15%

Troika Dialog AM, "Troika Dialog — RTS Standard Index", fund units

15%

12%

EUR/RUB exchange rate

3,5%

3%

EUR/USD exchange rate

3,5%

3%

GBP/USD exchange rate

3,5%

3%

Gold

8%

6%

Silver

16%

12%

Raw sugar

12%

10%

BRENT oil

10%

8%

Platinum

10%

8%

Palladium

12%

10%

Copper

10%

8%

Cotton

12%

15%