OREANDA-NEWS. March 10, 2010. For the week of March 1 – March 5, 2010 the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 452.9 billion rubles or 10.2 million contracts, including 41.9 billion rubles during the evening trading session. The total open interest as of the last day of the week, March 5, 2010 reached 155.5 billion rubles or 5.03 million contracts.

 

Week
March 1 – March 5

Week
February 24 – February 27

Change, %

Futures contracts

Trading volume, rubles

437,813,606,158

280,405,197,079

56.14%

Trading volume, contracts

9,847,101

6,114,773

61.04%

Number of trades

1,976,870

1,372,470

44.04%

Total open interest, rubles

107,523,078,087

99,018,411,562

8.59%

Total open interest, contracts

3,240,110

3,081,166

5.16%

Options Contracts

Trading volume, rubles

15,053,152,713

9,245,688,589

62.81%

Trading volume, contracts

389,166

251,851

54.52%

Number of trades

27,533

17,658

55.92%

Total open interest, rubles

47,977,908,869

47,283,422,060

1.47%

Total open interest, contracts

1,793,038

1,713,360

4.65%

Total

Trading volume, rubles

452,866,758,872

289,650,885,668

56.35%

Trading volume, contracts

10,236,267

6,366,624

60.78%

Number of trades

2,004,403

1,390,128

44.19%

Total open interest, rubles

155,500,986,956

146,301,833,623

6.29%

Total open interest, contracts

5,033,148

4,794,526

4.98%

FORTS contracts by volume (1.03.10 –5.03.10)

No

Code

Contract

Turnover

RUB

Contracts

1

RI

Cash-settled futures contract on RTS Index

320,532,411,327

3,692,956

2

Si

Cash-settled futures contract on USD/RUB exchange rate

30,363,550,379

1,013,099

3

SR

Deliverable futures contract on Sberbank ordinary shares

22,252,949,316

2,703,994

4

ED

Cash-settled futures contract on EUR/USD exchange rate

20,751,435,165

510,203

5

GZ

Deliverable futures contract on Gazprom ordinary shares

16,944,659,318

991,537

6

RS

Cash-settled futures contract on RTS Standard Index

10,929,305,115

115,496

7

BR

Cash-settled Brent oil futures contract

4,707,071,589

200,921

8

LK

Deliverable futures contract on LUKOIL ordinary shares

4,318,965,644

267,363

9

GD

Cash-settled futures contract on gold

1,519,699,314

44,935

10

GM

Deliverable futures contract on MMC NORILSK NICKEL ordinary shares

1,177,507,274

24,738

11

VB

Deliverable futures contract on VTB Bank ordinary shares

889,863,555

116,294

12

RN

Deliverable futures contract on Rosneft ordinary shares

866,779,146

36,685

13

Eu

Cash-settled futures contract on EUR/RUB exchange rate

646,450,379

15,879

14

PT

Cash-settled futures contract on platinum

511,000,163

11,015

15

SP

Deliverable futures contract on Sberbank preferred shares

404,300,313

59,979

16

SV

Cash-settled futures contract on refined silver

347,237,018

6,842

17

SN

Deliverable futures contract on Surgutneftegas ordinary shares

209,360,295

8,367

18

MR

Cash-settled futures contract on average rate of the overnight MosPrime credit

199,771,650

200

19

MP

Cash-settled futures contract on average rate of the three month MosPrime credit

79,301,625

5,525

20

TN

Deliverable futures contract on Transneft preferred shares

32,527,865

1,314

21

MT

Deliverable futures contract on MTS ordinary shares

25,134,956

1,065

22

PZ

Deliverable futures contract on Polyus Gold ordinary shares

19,351,926

1,324

23

UR

Cash-settled Urals oil futures contract

15,541,567

680

24

HY

Deliverable futures contract on RusHydro ordinary shares

15,307,054

1,169

25

CH

Deliverable futures contract on Severstal ordinary shares

13,531,853

367

26

TT

Deliverable futures contract on Tatneft ordinary shares

12,993,048

912

27

UI

Deliverable futures contract on Uralsvyazinform ordinary shares

12,018,973

13,801

28

SU

Deliverable futures contract on granulated sugar, produced in accordance with all-Union State Standard 21-94

9,885,250

83

29

NK

Deliverable futures contract on NOVATEK ordinary shares

3,454,379

202

30

RT

Deliverable futures contract on Rostelecom ordinary shares

2,240,702

156

31

RI

Futures-style options on RTS Index futures contract

11,731,472,808

136,805

32

GZ

Options on Gazprom futures contract

1,896,499,000

110,102

33

SR

Options on Sberbank futures contract

945,569,750

115,887

34

LK

Options on LUKOIL futures contract

376,354,000

23,142

35

Si

Options on USD/RUB exchange rate futures contract

82,667,750

2,659

36

GD

Futures-style options on gold futures contract

15,511,405

454

37

GM

Futures-style options on MMC NORILSK NICKEL futures contract

4,500,000

90

38

TN

Futures-style options on futures contract on Transneft preferred shares

530,000

20

39

VB

Futures-style options on VTB Bank futures contract

48,000

7

 

 

Total

452,866,758,872

10,236,267