OREANDA-NEWS. September 23, 2010. On September 22, 2010 a new trading record was set on the currency section of FORTS, futures and options market of RTS.

This day trading participants executed 9,862 trades on EUR/USD futures contracts. Trading volume of the EUR/USD FX futures contracts amounted to 389,889 contacts or RUB16,102,266,198.

The previous trading record in terms of volume of this instrument was set on September 14, 2010 when trading volume of the EUR/USD futures totaled 333,002 contracts or RUB13,197,811,223.

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 46 contracts (33 futures and 13 options) on RTS Index, shares of Russian companies, short term interest rates, currency, oil,  gold, silver, and sugar.