OREANDA-NEWS. On 15 January 2009 was announced, that on January 14, 2009 a record number of trades in US dollar futures contracts was registered on FORTS.

During the day-time trading session market participants made 6 218 trades on this futures contract. The previous record was set the day before, on January 13, with the number of trades reaching 4448.

Amid currency market instability the futures contract on US dollar remains a safe instrument of hedging against currency risks.

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 46 contracts (29 futures and 17 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, silver, gas oil, sugar and gold.