OREANDA-NEWS On 18 February 2009 was announced, that FORTS members made a record number of trades. By the end of the trading day 297 274 trades were executed.

The previous record was reported on November 25, 2008, when the number of trades reached 255 657.

February 11, 2009 also saw a record trading volume in futures - 1 903 133 contracts by the closure of the main trading session. The previous record was set on September 12th, 2008 with the trading volume in futures reaching 1 719 515 contracts.

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.