OREANDA-NEWS. October 12, 2009. October 9, 2009 saw a record trading activity on FORTS, RTS’s derivatives section.

By the end of the main trading session market participants entered into 414,121 trades.

The previous record was set on June 4, 2009, when 399,565 trades were executed.

In addition trading in the RTS Index futures contract reached a record high of 240,648 trades for a record value of RUB66,104,998,361 (USD2,230,293,201) during the main trading session of October 9, 2009.

The previous record number of trades in the RTS Index futures was made on October 2, 2009 – 218,018, and the previous record volume was transacted on January 17, 2008 – RUB61,925,401,574 (USD2,544,527,466).

The RTS Index futures started trading in August 2005. In two years it became the most liquid instrument of the Russian equity market. According to the rating issued by the Futures Industry Association based on the results of the first half of 2009 the RTS Index futures entered top ten most liquid instruments on indices worldwide.

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.