OREANDA-NEWS. April 8, 2011. For the period from January 11, 2011 to March 31, 2011 the trading volume on FORTS, derivatives section of RTS, reached RUB10,692.2 billion or 196.7 million contracts, including RUB1,267.3 billion during the evening trading session. As of the end of the reviewed period the open interest stood at RUB294.0 billion or 6.3 million contracts.

In the I Quarter the trading volume in the cash-settled gasoil futures contract that was launched by RTS Group and Saint Petersburg Exchange reached RUB728.5 million or 32.7 thousand contracts. The trading volume in the power futures contract that was also recently introduced by RTS Group and Moscow Energy Exchange reached RUB1,857.5 million or 54.3 thousand contracts.

 

I 2011

IV 2010

Change, %

Futures contracts

 

 

 

Trading volume, rubles

10,019,409,424,904

8,760,188,167,678

14.37%

Trading volume, contracts

188,454,174

182,729,590

3.13%

Number of trades

35,807,911

29,129,165

22.93%

Total open interest, rubles

182,931,414,413

100,825,267,481

81.43%

Total open interest, contracts

4,706,518

3,168,722

48.53%

Options Contracts

 

 

 

Trading volume, rubles

672,781,242,192

549,697,703,979

22.39%

Trading volume, contracts

8,228,921

7,585,956

8.48%

Number of trades

835,569

727,976

14.78%

Total open interest, rubles

111,065,719,067

40,774,927,963

172.39%

Total open interest, contracts

1,585,926

887,624

78.67%

Total

 

 

 

Trading volume, rubles

10,692,190,667,096

9,309,885,871,657

14.85%

Trading volume, contracts

196,683,095

190,315,546

3.35%

Number of trades

36,643,480

29,857,141

22.73%

Total open interest, rubles

293,997,133,480

141,600,195,444

107.62%

Total open interest, contracts

6,292,444

4,056,346

55.13%