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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

FORTS: The number of trades in the US dollar futures contract exceeds 15 000

Date 21/01/2009

On January 20, 2009 a record number of trades in US dollar futures contracts was registered on FORTS.

During the day-time trading session market participants made 15923 trades in this futures contract. The previous record was set on January 15, with the number of trades reaching 9098.

Amid currency market instability the futures contract on US dollar remains a safe instrument of hedging against currency risk.