OREANDA-NEWS. On 24 March 2009 was announced, that on March 19, 2009 a new record was set on FORTS, RTS derivatives section.

By the end of the main trading session the trading volume in futures contracts on FORTS totalled 2,063,915 contracts.

The previous record was reported on February 18, 2009 when the volume of trading in futures contracts reached 1,972,134 contracts.

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.