OREANDA-NEWS. April 12, 2011. On April 11, 2011 by the end of the trading day on FORTS, the futures and options market of RTS, trading volume in futures contracts on gold amounted to USD290 million (RUB8,163,797,971) representing  197,332 contracts setting a record since the launch of trading in this contract in 2006.

The number of trades in this instrument also reached its highest level at 6,007 trades.

In total, at the end of yesterday trading day the turnover in all instruments of the FORTS commodities section amounted to USD466 million (RUB13,112,305,295) representing 294,606 contracts.

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 2010. At present FORTS has the widest range of instruments in Russia. These are 54 contracts (40 futures and 14 options) on RTS Index, RTS Standard Index, shares of Russian companies, interest rates, currency, oil,  gasoil, power, gold, silver, and sugar.