RTS Stock Exchange: FORTS November Monthly Data

In November 2003 total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) reached 3 285 thousand contracts and 22.7 billion rubles (in October the numbers equaled 3 895 thousand contracts and 28,8 billion rubles). Total open interest as of November 30th, 2003, equaled 4,7 billion rubles and 520 thousand contracts (as of October 31st, 2003, the last trading day in October, the numbers were 4,2 billion rubles and 695 thousand contracts).

FORTS, a unified derivatives market operating since September 19, 2001, is based on trading and settlement technologies and software that were implemented at and have been successfully used by St. Petersburg Stock Exchange for 8 years. RTS acts as the trading system and the clearinghouse on the integrated market. 84 companies headquartered in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Kazan and Abakan are the registered members of FORTS. They trade 8 futures contracts and 3 options.