OREANDA-NEWS. June 23, 2011. On June 22, by the end of the main trading session trading volume in futures contract on Brent Oil reached USD300,526,991 or RUB8,418,301,976 representing 270,987 contracts.

Previous trading record of this instrument was fixed on May 23, 2011 when market participants executed trades in Brent Oil futures with a total value of RUB7,445,729,714.

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.