Options and futures traded 69 thousand times in May, down from 75 thousand times in April.
FORTS participants executed 65 thousand trades in futures contracts, down from 72 thousand contracts in April. Futures contracts trading volume reached 3 436 thousand contracts, and total underlying value equalled 20 246 million rubles.
In options trading activity grew 58%, from 2 673 trades in April to 4 211 in May. Total trading volume in May increased 194%, from 77 thousand to 226 thousand contracts, with 1 296 million rubles in underlying value.