Futures & Options Market On Russian Trading System: July Market Data

In July 2002, 61.7 thousand trades were executed on FORTS (Futures &Options on RTS), up 46.1% from 42.2 thousand trades in June. Trading volume rose to 2.33 million contracts or 8.5 billion rubles in underlying value, an increase of 49.7% or 17%, accordingly. The month of June showed 1.56 million contracts and 7.2 billion rubles in underlying value.

Total open interest at the end of July stood at 219 thousand contracts or 770 million rubles in underlying value, up 14.4% on 141 thousand contracts and 673 million rubles at the end of June.

FORTS participants executed 60.2 thousand trades in futures contracts, up 14.4% on the last month's 41.2 thousand. Futures contracts trading volume went up 49.5%, from 1.6 million contracts at the end of June to 2.3 million contracts at the end of July. Total underlying value rose 16.9% and reached 8.4 billion rubles.

Options trading volume skyrocketed 58.7%, from 19.4 thousand contracts to 30.8 thousand. The increase in underlying value amounted to 24.8% (from 86.6 million rubles to 108.8 million rubles).

Nowadays 71 companies headquartered in Moscow, St.Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Kazan and Abakan are registered with FORTS. They trade 7 futures contracts and 2 options.