Although the leading RTS Index lost 4.27% during February, reaching 1,410.85 points, RTS volumes were up 13.88% over January 2010. Total RTS Exchange and OTC market activity grew to USD40.8 billion during February 2010.
Activity on Futures and Options on RTS (FORTS) during February soared even more with volumes up 52.33% to 38.5 million contracts compared with January 2010.
International firms were prominent during the month, with Deutsche Securities listed as the second largest broker on the RTS Stock market.
Full statistics are provided in the accompanying tables.
