OREANDA-NEWS. On 28 August 2009 was announced, that effective August 27, 2009 ordinary shares of JSC "RusHydro" (HYDR) and "FGC UES", JSC (FEES) will join RTS Standard.

The full list of RTS Standard instruments and the terms of trading in this trading mode are published on the RTS website.

On the T+0 Market these instruments will continue trading based on direct orders, in the repo section and during odd lot trading sessions.

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 substantial international investor interest into 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 and with settlement on T+4. The market hours are from 10.30 am to 11.50 pm MSK. The range of instruments includes top 20 liquid stocks of Russian issuers. RTS Standard also offers portfolio margining with trades made on FORTS, RTS’s derivatives section, which makes trading in all the instruments possible using a single, consolidated cash position.