OREANDA-NEWS. On 19 February 2009 was announced, that on February 17, 2009 a record trading volume in the EUR/USD contract was reported on FORTS, RTS derivatives section.

By the end of the main session the trading volume in this instrument reached 142,565 contracts, or over 1,8 billion USD in money terms.

The previous record was set on February 12, 2009, with the trading volume in the EUR/USD contract hitting 81,273 contracts or over 1 billion USD in money terms.

FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, 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. 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.