Russian Trading System Trade Volume Grew 2.4 Times In 2000

In December 2000 RTS trade volume amounted to $264 mln. Thus RTS total trade volume in 2000 reached $5.8 bln, 2.4 times up from the total in 1999 ($2.4 bln).

Average daily volume in December 2000 equaled $13.2 mln and in 2000 it totaled $23.3 mln, 2.5 times up year on year (average trade volume in 1999 was $9.5 mln).

Trade volume in the Guaranteed Trading System (GTS) in December 2000 amounted to $6.95 mln and in 2000 GTS overall trade volume totaled $120.74 mln. GTS average daily trade volume amounted to $347,458 in December and $482, 966 in 2000.