Total open interest at the end of July stood at 272 thousand contracts or 995.6 million rubles in underlying value, up 29.3% on 210 thousand contracts and 770 million rubles at the end of July.
FORTS participants executed 50.4 thousand trades in futures contracts, compared to 60.2 thousand in July. Futures contracts trading volume reached 2.07 million contacts, slightly down from 2.3 million contracts at the end of July. Total underlying value equaled 7.1 billion rubles.
Options trading went slightly up, from 30.8 thousand contracts to 31.8 thousand. The underlying value slightly decreased (from 108 million rubles to 104 million rubles). 991 trades were concluded, compared to 1485 in July.
