OREANDA-NEWS. On 13 May 2009 was announced, that on May 5, 2009 a record open interest in the EUR/USD futures contract was created on FORTS, RTS derivatives section.

By the end of the main trading session the open interest in this instrument hit a record high of 201 006 contracts or 269 587 321 USD.

The previous record was set on March 18, 2009 when the open interest reached 163 760 contracts or 214 984 972.27 USD.

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 50 contracts (33 futures and 17 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, silver, gas, oil, sugar and gold.