For the week of August 15-August 19, 2005, total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) increased by 49,4% in rubles and by 20,3% in contracts and reached 20,6 billion rubles and 1,2 million contracts, compared to 13,8 billion rubles and 1 million contracts during the previous week. Total open interest, as of last day of the week, August 19, 2005, increased by 10,3% in rubles and by 5,6% in contracts and equaled 22,5 billion rubles and 2,1 million contracts.
RTS index futures took the lead in turnover on FORTS. These contracts' trading volume exceeded 44% of the whole turnover and equaled to 9 billion rubles.
