OREANDA-NEWS. April 25, 2011. In compliance with the Labour Code of the Russian Federation RTS Stock Exchange will be operating during the May holidays in accordance with the following schedule:

April 30, May 1, 2 and May 7, 8, 9 – public holidays.

On business days before the holidays, i.e. on April 29 and May 6, trading on RTS markets will be held in accordance with the regular schedule.

The Russian Trading System is a stock market established in 1995 in Moscow, consolidating various regional trading floors into one exchange. Originally RTS was modelled on NASDAQ's trading and settlement software; in 1998 the exchange went on line with its own in-house system. Initially created as a non-profit organisation, at the moment RTS is in the process of reorganisation: it is being transformed into a joint-stock company. RTS data is distributed world-wide through major financial information vendors such as Reuters.