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The RTS Index futures contract, the most liquid instrument of the Russian market, entered the top 10 most widely traded index derivatives worldwide leaving behind such recognized contracts as the Kospi 200 futures trading on the Korea Exchange and the DAX options trading on Eurex.
According to the latest research carried out by the Futures Industry Association, one of the world’s leading independent associations of derivative exchanges, the trading volume in the RTS Index futures totalled 65,587,005 contracts for the first half of 2009, which is a 37.7% increase on last year’s figures for the same period.
According to FIA’s report FORTS, the RTS derivatives market, continues to maintain its 9-th position in the top 30 global derivatives exchanges rating. For the period from January to June 2009 the trading volume on FORTS reached 203,409,467 contracts, 64.4% up compared to the first half of 2008.
In addition, two more contracts trading on RTS hit top 20 FIA listings for their corresponding sectors. Two FX derivatives, USD/RUR and EUR/USD futures contracts, climbed to 10th and 13th positions in the top 20 FX rating.
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