FORTS Weekly Trading Results: January 30th

For the week of January 30th – February 3rd, 2006, the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) reached 38 billion rubles or 1,56 million contracts, up 11,86% and 9,9% compared the last week (33,97 billion rubles and 1,42 thousand contracts). The total open interest at of the last day of the week, February 3rd, 2006, reached 44,74 billon rubles or 2,17 million contacts, 0,1% and 1,2% up on the data shown January 27th, 2006.

	Previous Week January 23th – January 27th	Week January 30th – February 3rd	Change, %
Futures Contacts
Trading volume, rubles	31 092 098 788	35 462 568 428	14,06%
Trading volume, contracts	1 276 292	1 426 185	11,74%
Number of trades	57 176	66 115	15,63%
Total open interest, rubles	29 946 941 612	28 510 303 125	-4,80%
Total open interest, contracts	1 384 226	1 361 212	-1,66%
Options Contracts
Trading volume, rubles	2 876 714 955	2 536 564 725	-11,82%
Trading volume, contracts	146 624	137 440	-6,26%
Number of trades	2 682	2 319	-13,53%
Total open interest, rubles	14 752 164 700	16 232 006 700	10,03%
Total open interest, contracts	763 564	812 202	6,37%
Total
Trading volume, rubles	33 968 813 743	37 999 133 153	11,86%
Trading volume, contracts	1 422 916	1 563 625	9,89%
Number of trades	59 858	68 434	14,33%
Total open interest, rubles	44 699 106 312	44 742 309 825	0,10%
Total open interest, contracts	2 147 790	2 173 414	1,19%

FORTS Trading Volume: January 30th – February 3rd 2006

¹	Contract	Volume Trading
¹	Contract	Rubles	Contracts
1	"Gazprom" single stock futures	12 152 802 333	540 943
2	RTS Index futures	10 836 745 374	149 709
3	Ôüþ÷åðñû íà àêöèè ÐÀÎ "ÅÝÑ Ðîññèè"	5 683 845 833	403 187
4	"LUKOil" single stock futures	5 641 529 746	256 516
5	"RAO UES of Russia" single stock futures	875 508 500	61 841
6	Options on "LUKoil" futures	838 243 000	40 789
7	Options on "Gazprom" futures	712 312 000	33 136
8	USD/RUR exchange rate futures	566 364 069	20 089
9	3-year Moscow City Bonds futures	350 609 284	32 015
10	"Rostelecom" single stock futures	137 912 154	21 003
11	Options on RTS Index futures	109 763 975	1 565
12	"Surgutneftegaz" single stock futures	32 909 309	853
13	"Savings Bank of the Russian Federation" single stock futures	32 563 680	768
14	"MMC Norilsk Nickel" single stock futures	27 286 646	1 102
15	Options on "Rostelecom" single stock futures	737 250	109
	Total	37 999 133 153	1 563 625

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.

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index: 98,816.42 +867.61

FORTS Weekly Trading Results: January 30th – February 3rd, 2006