OREANDA-NEWS. On 03 March 2009 was announced, that a new record was set on FORTS, RTS derivatives section.

By the end of the main session FORTS members made a record number of trades in the BRENT futures contracts – 2,558 trades.

The previous record high was reported on January 16, 2009, when the number of trades in this instrument reached 2,202.

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.