OREANDA-NEWS. On April 27, 2010 the evening trading volume on FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, reached a value of RUB29.809 billion or USD1.025 billion, which is an all time high since the evening trading session was introduced on FORTS.

The top sellers of the evening trading session were the RTS Index futures, with a turnover of RUB24.8 billion, followed by the USD/RUB and EUR/USD FX futures with a turnover of RUB1.42 billion each.

FORTS is the only market in Russia that offers after-hours trading from 7.00 pm to 11.50 pm MSK. For investors, it is a good opportunity to promptly react to news coming from the global financial equity and currency markets after the main trading session in the Russian market has closed. A consolidated cash position for trading on FORTS and RTS Standard allows for various hedging and arbitrage strategies when investing into liquid Russian stocks.

FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, is the leading trading venue for futures and options in Russia. Trading on FORTS started in September 2001. According to the Futures Industry Association the derivatives market of RTS is among the TOP-10 global derivatives exchanges based on the results of 2009. At present FORTS has the widest range of instruments in Russia. These are 47 contracts (34 futures and 13 options) on RTS Index, RTS Standard Index, shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, oil, gasoil, gold, silver, and sugar.