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Trading Volume On FORTS Has Exceeded 2,5 Bln US Dollars

Date 19/10/2007

On October 18, 2007 trading volume on the Futures and Options on RTS market (FORTS) reached a new record. On a single trading day the total derivatives trading volume on FORTS was 61,56 billion rubles, which is over US$ 2,47 billion.

The previous record trading volume was registered on September 17, 2007 and totaled 50,65 billion rubles.

Derivatives market of RTS – FORTS 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. There are 58 contracts (39 futures and 19 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short-term interest rates, currencies, RTS Index, oil, oil products, gold, silver and sugar
. Trading volume on FORTS in 2006 exceeded US$ 100 billion. In total 89.6 million contracts were traded and there were more than 5 million separate transactions. Average daily open interest on standard contracts in 2006 grew by 259.5% in rubles and in December reached US$5 billion.