OREANDA-NEWS. On 24 April 2009 was announced, that on April 23, 2009 RTS launched RTS Standard, a new equity market.

RTS Standard sets a totally new standard for equity trading in Russia. It will facilitate building up the liquidity of the Russian securities market, curb counterparties’ risks and boost development of the infrastructure. It aims to attract solid foreign investor interest towards the local equity market due to the applied global standards of trading.

RTS Standard offers CCP trading in anonymous order book without full advance depositing of assets with settlement on T+4. The market hours are from 10.30 am to 11.50 pm MSK.

The range of instruments includes 20 top liquid stocks of Russian issuers.

№

Security ticker

Issuer

1

CHMF

JSC "Severstal"

2

GAZP

JSC Gazprom

3

GMKN

OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL"

4

LKOH

OAO "LUKOIL"

5

MAGN

OJSC "MMK"

6

MTSS

MTS OJSC

7

NLMK

NLMK

8

NVTK

JSC "NOVATEK"

9

PLZL

OJSC "Polyus Gold"

10

PMTL

JSC "Polymetal"

11

ROSN

OJSC "OC "Rosneft"

12

SBER

Sberbank

13

SBERP

Sberbank

14

SNGS

Surgutneftegas

15

SNGSP

Surgutneftegas

16

TATN

Tatneft

17

TRNFP

Transneft

18

URKA

OJSC Uralkali

19

URSI

O.J.S.C. "Uralsvyazinform"

20

VTBR

JSC VTB Bank

A portfolio-style approach to margining spot and derivatives market positions allows trading all instruments with a consolidated cash position on RTS Standard and FORTS. It enables all investors to pursue multiple investment strategies without attracting additional resources.

For further information on the new equity market RTS Standard please visit http://www.rts.ru/s1003.