FORTS: Open Interest Volume In Futures Contracts On Gold Reached 3,8 Billion Rubles

A new record in open interest volume of futures contracts on gold was registered on Futures and Options on RTS (FORTS market) on February 19, 2009.

By the closure of the main trading session the open interest volume in futures contracts on gold was 3 848 666 398 rubles.

The previous record was set on June 5, 2008 with the open interest volume in gold futures contracts reaching 3 698 694 431 rubles.

FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, is a leading trading venue for futures and options in Russia. Trading on FORTS started in September 2001. At present FORTS has the widest range of instruments in Russia. These are 48 contracts (31 futures and 17 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, silver, gas oil, sugar and gold.