In March 2011, an upward surge in activity prevailed on the Russian market against the background of external news: the growth in Asia and confident growth in oil prices.
The leading RTS Index gained 3.77% during March, reaching 2,044.20 points. In March 2011, RTS volumes were up 5.41% over the previous month. Total RTS Exchange and OTC market activity grew to a value of USD50.58 billion during March 2011.
Futures and Options on RTS (FORTS) experienced considerable growth over March with trading activity growing by 17.92% totaling 78.9 million contracts compared with February 2011.
Full statistics are provided in the accompanying tables.
