On November 30, 2009 the trading volume on FORTS hit RUB129,395,698,925 (USD4.3 billion) which reset the maximum value of trading volume on FORTS since its launch.
On February 5, 2010 a new trading record was set on the RTS Index futures contract, the most liquid instrument of the Russian financial market. The trading volume in this contract reached 1,295,944 contracts or RUB110,030,510,653 or USD 3.7 million in terms of notional value, by the end of the trading session. The number of trades by the end of the trading day reached 426,104.
The previous record in trading RTS Index futures contract was registered on October 29, 2009. On that day the trading volume reached RUB90,061,020,353 (USD3 million) in value and the number of trades reached 597,361.