Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange Volume Record

On May 21, 2003, all-time daily trading volume high - 2 298 million rubles - was set on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS), exceeding the previous day record by 31%.

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 7 years. RTS acts as the trading system and the clearinghouse on the integrated market. 83 companies headquartered in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Kazan and Abakan are FORTS registered members. They trade 7 futures contracts and 2 options.