In September 2001 the RTS Stock Exchange and St. Petersburg Stock Exchange joined their efforts in creating a new, more reliable and liquid market FORTS. At present, trading and clearing on FORTS is performed by the RTS Stock Exchange, with St. Petersburg Stock Exchange providing technical support.
FORTS is a dynamic, quickly development segment. One thing is constant, though – the team of experts working to maintain and develop the market and their open-minded, client- oriented attitude.
For the last two years FORTS have been experiencing a quality and quantity shift in clients: the leading Russian investment companies started to work on FORTS, and the total number of clearing firms increased by 50%. Currently FORTS participants can trade 10 contracts on the most liquid Russian single stocks, an investment index and currency exchange rate.
Since September 2001 FORTS trading volumes increased 30 times and now reach 1,5 billion rubles on average. Total open interest grew 34 times, to 8 billion rubles. According to FOW Weekly, in terms of volume, FORTS is on the top-20 list of derivatives exchanges worldwide