- the MosPrime Rate futures were dealt 4 trades totaling 60 million rubles (6 contracts) during the month;
- USD/RUR futures were registered 290 trades amounting to 98.5 billion rubles (3,651,720 contracts).
The open interest in the USD/RUR futures made up 43 billion rubles (1,599,230 contracts) as at May, 31 2006.
The maximum trading volume fell at the USD/RUR futures with the June settlement month – 1,610,620 contracts (45%), 17% of the total turnover was traded in the futures to be settled in August, 13% - in September, 6% - both in May and in December, 5% - June and March, 2% - November, 1% - October, all are the 2006 months.
As at May 31, 2006 the maximum open interest figure was shown by the June, 2006 settled USD/RUR futures – 586,930 contracts (36%), the rest 64% distributed in the following way: 26% - the futures expiring in September, 12% - in December, 9% - in August, 8% - March, 2007, 6% - July, 2% - October, 1% - November, 2006.
