OREANDA-NEWS. September 16, 2009. The final settlement price of the September futures contract on the RTS Index totalled 119,252 points. It is calculated on the basis of the average RTS Index value for the last hour of trading (1192.52 points for the period from 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm MSK on September 14, 2009).

Final settlement prices were also calculated for the September futures contract on the RTS - Consumer & Retail – 197.56 points, September futures contract on the RTS - Oil & Gas – 164.61 points, and for the September futures contract on the RTS – Telecom – 159.64 points. The final settlement prices are calculated based on the average values of the corresponding indices for the last hour of trading (197.56 points, 164.61 points and 159.64 points accordingly for the period from 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm MSK on September 14, 2009).

September futures contracts will be settled on September 15, 2009.

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, diesel oil, sugar and gold.