FORTS: Initial Margin Requirement Decreased For The Gold Futures Contact

Due to decline in the volatility of the international gold market, the minimum size of the basic initial margin on the gold futures contract trading on FORTS (trading system code GOLD) will be reduced from 10% to 7.5% starting from July 29, 6:00 pm MSK.

FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, is the 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 50 contracts (33 futures and 17 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, silver, gas, oil products, sugar and gold.