OREANDA-NEWS. February 08, 2010. On February 4, 2010 a new trading record was set on FORTS, derivatives market of RTS, during the evening trading session – RUR 22,728 million or USD757 million in value.

The previous record was seen on January 27, 2010, when the evening trading on FORTS exceeded RUR 20,640 million or USD681 million.

The evening trading hours are from 7:00 pm to 11:50 pm MSK. This enables all categories of investors to realize various strategies and hedge their investments in Russian assets against sharp price movements in the global markets.

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 47 contracts (34 futures and 13 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, silver, diesel oil, sugar and gold.