OREANDA-NEWS. February 10, 2011. On February 8, 2011 FORTS, the futures and options market of RTS, saw a record high in trading volume since its launch.

By the end of the day, the total trading volume of futures and options on RTS amounted to USD7,823,957,498.  Out of this number USD7,314,275,292 made up the futures trading volume.

Trading volume of the most popular instrument of the Russian stock market, futures on the RTS Index totaled USD5,587,000,698 (RUB164,084,064,787).

The previous trading record on FORTS was fixed on January 27, 2011, when trading volume of derivatives amounted to USD7,491,274,638.

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.