OREANDA-NEWS. On 19 March 2009 was announced, that on March 12, 2009 a record trading volume in Brent futures contract was reported on FORTS, RTS derivatives section.

By the end of the main trading session the trading volume in this instrument totalled 73,754 contracts with a value of 31,464,048 US dollars.

The previous record was set on March 3, 2009 when the trading volume reached 56,230 contracts or 24,162,831 US dollars.

FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, is the 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.