OREANDA-NEWS. February 17, 2010. Starting from February 19, 2010 RTS Clearing Center increases the basic size of collateral on FORTS and RTS Standard for the upcoming public holidays.

These changes will be in effect from the evening clearing session on February 19 to the clearing session on February 24, 2010.

Futures contract and/or
RTS Standard stocks

Collateral requirement

Basic size

For February
19-24, 2010

on the RTS Index

10%

15%

on the RTS Standard Index

10%

15%

on the RTS Consumer & Retail Index

30%

30%

on the RTS Oil & Gas Index

20%

30%

on the RTS Telecom Index

30%

30%

on MMC NORILSK NICKEL ordinary shares

20%

25%

on Gazprom ordinary shares

15%

20%

on LUKOIL ordinary shares

15%

20%

on Rosneft ordinary shares

20%

25%

on Sberbank ordinary shares

15%

20%

on Surgutneftegas ordinary shares

20%

25%

on VTB Bank ordinary shares

20%

25%

on MTS ordinary shares

30%

35%

on NOVATEK ordinary shares

30%

35%

on Polyus Gold ordinary shares

30%

35%

on Transneft preferred shares

20%

25%

on Uralsvyazinform ordinary shares

30%

35%

on Sberbank preferred shares

20%

25%

on RusHydro ordinary shares

30%

35%

on Tatneft ordinary shares

30%

35%

on Severstal ordinary shares

30%

35%

on Rostelecom ordinary shares

30%

35%

on Uralkali ordinary shares

20%

25%

on Surgutneftegas preferred shares

20%

25%

on FGC UES ordinary shares

30%

35%

on NLMK ordinary shares

30%

35%

on Polymetal ordinary shares

30%

35%

on MMK ordinary shares

30%

35%

On USD/RUB exchange rate

4%

6%

On EUR/RUB exchange rate

4%

6%

On EUR/USD exchange rate

4%

6%

on average rate of the overnight MosPrime credit

max(2700; 15*Sqrt(N)*2
*1000000/36500)

max(2700;20*Sqrt(N)*2
*1000000/36500)

on average rate of the three month MosPrime credit

15%

20%

on gold

7.50%

10%

on silver

10%

15%

on sugar

10%

15%

on URALS oil

10%

15%

on Brent oil

10%

15%

on diesel oil

15%

20%

on platinum

10%

15%

on palladium

10%

15%