OREANDA-NEWS. May 05, 2011. On May 4, 2011 by the end of the trading session on FORTS, the futures and options market of RTS, trading volume in commodities contracts amounted to USD507,919,992 or RUB13,883,891,393.

A record turnover in futures on silver was also reached. By the end of the day market participants executed 10,113 trades on this instrument with a total value of USD297,290,831 representing 71,730 contracts.

In total, 1,042,697 trades were executed on FORTS on 4 May.

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, short term interest rates, currency, oil, gasoil, power, gold, silver, and sugar.