OREANDA-NEWS. On 17 July 2009 was announced, that on July 15, 2009 a new open interest record was set in the FORTS money section.

By the end of the trading session the open interest in the EUR/USD futures contract had hit a record high of 237,644 contracts or USD334,983,295.

The previous record was registered on July 9, with the open interest in this instrument reaching 227,106 contracts or USD317,050,362.

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 products, sugar and gold.