FORTS Weekly Trading Results: January 20th – January 27th, 2006

For the week of January 20th – January 27th, 2006, the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) reached 33,97 billion rubles or 1 million 423 thousand contracts, up 0,97% and 0,68% compared the last week (33,64 billion rubles and 1 million 413 thousand contracts). The total open interest at of the last day of the week, January 27th, 2006, reached 44,7 billon rubles or 2,15 million contacts, 24,6% and 22,4% up on the data shown January 20th, 2006. On Friday, 27th January, the trading volume reached the all-time high of 8,95 billion rubles ($320 million).

FORTS, a unified derivatives market operating since September 19, 2001, is based on trading and settlement technologies and software that were implemented at and have been successfully used by St. Petersburg Stock Exchange for 8 years. RTS acts as the trading system and the clearinghouse on the integrated market. 92 companies from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Samara , Rostov-on-Don, Kazan and Abakan. FORTS participants trade 10 futures contracts and 6 options.