OREANDA-NEWS. October 16, 2009. October 15, 2009 saw a record trading activity on FORTS, RTS’s derivatives section.

By the end of the main trading session market participants entered into 452,676trades in futures contracts for a total USD3.27 billion.

The previous record was set on October 13, 2009, when 424,719 trades were executed for a total of USD3.26 billion.

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.