OREANDA-NEWS. May 21, 2010. On May 20, 2010 a new trading activity record was set on FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS.

By the end of the trading session the total number of trades executed on FORTS reached a record high of 901,823 thousand trades including 888,939trades in futures contracts.

The previous record values were seen on May 19, 2010 when market participants executed 824,799 trades including 815,316 trades in futures contracts.

The best seller of the day was the RTS Index futures – 600,200 trades.

The previous record number of trades in this futures contract was set on May 7, 2010, with market participants executing 558,656 trades in this instrument.

FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, is the leading trading venue for futures and options in Russia. Trading on FORTS started in September 2001. According to the Futures Industry Association the derivatives market of RTS is among the TOP-10 global derivatives exchanges based on the results of 2009. At present FORTS has the widest range of instruments in Russia. These are 47 contracts (34 futures and 13 options) on RTS Index, RTS Standard Index, shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, oil, gasoil, gold, silver, and sugar.