RTS Stock Exchange: FORTS: Open Position And Transaction Records

On October 8th, 2003, FORTS Derivatives market participants executed 6 880 trades, 17% more than the previous record of July 17, 2003 (5 622 trades). 6 346 transactions were executed in futures, and 234 - in options.

Total number of open positions on October 8th, 2003, also reached the all-time high of 5 billion rubles (the previous record posted on September 2nd amounted to 4 billion rubles).

The record trading volume was recorded by Moscow City bonds futures - 2100 contracts. The number of open positions grew from 630 on October 1st, 2003, to 1980 contracts on October 8th , 2003.

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 7 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 FORTS registered members. They trade 8 futures contracts and 3 options.