On March 18, 2009 a record open interest in the futures contract on the EUR/USD exchange rate was created on FORTS, RTS derivatives section.
By the end of the main trading session the open interest in this instrument hit a record high of 163,760 contracts, or 214,984,972.27 USD.
The previous record was set on March 13, 2009 when the open interest reached 145,136 contracts, or 187,716,914.58 USD.