OREANDA-NEWS. February 01, 2011. On January 28, 2011 a new evening session trading record was set on FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, showing its highest value since the launch of the evening trading session on FORTS.

Turnover of derivatives on RTS reached a total value of USD1,534,726,988  (RUB45,532,894,194) during the period from 7.00PM to 11.50 PM MSK.

"Taking into account  Friday’s negative dynamic  on the global stock markets FORTS market participants decided to adjust or close their positions before the market opened on Monday using the opportunities of RTS’s evening session", comments Evgeny Serdyukov, Director of the Futures & Options Market at OJSC RTS.

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 49 contracts (36 futures and 13 options) on RTS Index, shares of Russian companies,  short term interest rates, currency, oil, gold, silver, and sugar.