Due to implementation of the new version of the trading system, there will be no evening session held on FORTS on November 1st, 2008, Saturday.
The updated version of the trading system provides for over a two times increased benchmark. The central part of the trading system and the access servers will undergo the changes. This will not lead to changing the gateway interfaces and will not require a substitution of the broker systems’ software at the participants’ end.
New versions of the FORTS trading terminals and relating documents will be available at the RTS ftp-server
- Fut_Ins_081003.exe
- Opt_Ins_081003.exe
- Futures_UserGuide_3_04_0005.exe
- Options_UserGuide_3_04_0005.exe
Starting from 07:00 pm, November 1st, 2008.
After the public holidays trading will be resumed according the regular schedule.
FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, is a leading trading venue for futures and options in Russia. Trading on FORTS started in September 2001. At present FORTS has the widest range of instruments in Russia. These are 64 contracts (46 futures and 18 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, silver, gas, oil, sugar and gold.
Trading volume on FORTS in 2007 grew threefold and reached 297.41 bln dollars or 144.9 million contracts. Compared with 2006 the number of trades increased more than twofold and reached 11.7mln. Total open interest at the end of the year equalled 14.7 bln rubles in cash or 3.2 million contracts. FORTS also saw a record day’s trading in 2007 when the value of all contracts traded reached 5.2 bln dollars on December 13th, 2007.
