Trading Volume Of Futures Contracts On RTS Index Made Up 2 Billion Dollars

On December 11th, 2007 on FORTS (Futures and Options on RTS) there was registered a record trading volume of futures on RTS Index. By the trading results of the day, the trading volume made up 49,9 billion rubles or 431 044 contracts.

The previous record in trading volume of futures on RTS Index was registered on December 05th, 2007 and made up 46,4 billion rubles or 421 588 contracts.

Derivatives market of RTS – FORTS is a leading trading ground 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 58 contracts (39 futures and 19 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, gas oil and gold.
For 9 months 2007 the trading volume on FORTS exceeded 166 bln dollars. In FORTS from January to September 2007 there were executed more than 7,2 mln transactions with 93,5 contracts. Average daily open interest on standard contracts in 2007 grew by 102,6% and in September reached 8 bln dollars.