OREANDA-NEWS. February 08, 2010. On February 5, 2010  trading in the Brent futures contract reached a value of USD65 million (RUR 1,937,502,569) or 89,876 contracts, by the end of the main trading session. The number of trades with this contract now totals 3,067.

The previous record was registered on January 28, 2010 when the trading volume in the Brent futures contract reached a value of USD55million (RUR 1,678,424,702) or 76,323 contracts.

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 46 contracts (33 futures and 13 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, silver, diesel oil, sugar and gold.

Trading in Brent futures contract was launched in October 2008. According to the Futures Industry Association by results of the first 6 months of 2009, this contract was ranked 17th in the TOP-20 of the leading energy contracts.