OREANDA-NEWS. February 15, 2010. On February 11, 2010 Urals futures (UR-02.10) and Brent futures (BR-02.10) contracts expired.

In accordance with the contracts’ specifications final settlement prices were calculated on February 12, 2010:

UR-02.10 – USD72.25/barrel.

BR-02.10 – USD73.05/barrel.

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 RTS Index, shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, oil, silver, diesel oil, sugar and gold.