Moscow Exchange Announces Launch Of Aeroflot Futures Contract

Moscow Exchange today announced the launch of the futures contract on Aeroflot ordinary shares (ticker: AFLT) to begin trading on 13 July 2017. 

The contract lot is 100 shares. ALOR+ acts as a market maker. The contract series with settlement in September and December 2017 is available for trading.

Trading volumes in futures contracts on Russian shares was RUB 1.6 trillion in H1 2017. 22 futures on the most liquid Russian shares currently trade on the Moscow Exchange Derivatives Market.