OREANDA-NEWS. July 8 2011. For the period from April 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011 the trading volume on FORTS, derivatives section of RTS, reached RUB13,994.43 billion or 247.05 million contracts, including RUB1,862.88 billion during the evening trading session. As of the end of the reviewed period the open interest stood at RUB323.13 billion or 6.61 million contracts.

In the II Quarter the trading volume in the cash-settled gasoil futures contract that was launched by RTS Group and Saint Petersburg Exchange reached RUB1,402.55 million or 60.04 thousand contracts and the trading volume of the futures contract on wheat amounted to RUB1,593.32 million or 205.85 thousand contracts. The trading volume of the power futures contract launched by RTS Group and OJSC Moscow Energy Exchange reached RUB1,209.50 million or 35.53 contracts.

 

II 2011

I 2011

Change, %

Futures contracts

 

 

 

Trading volume, rubles

12,730,924,120,946

10,019,409,424,904

27.06%

Trading volume, contracts

233,096,392

188,454,174

23.69%

Number of trades

45,909,164

35,807,911

28.21%

Total open interest, rubles

189,343,337,580

182,931,414,413

3.51%

Total open interest, contracts

5,052,590

4,706,518

7.35%

Options Contracts

 

 

 

Trading volume, rubles

1,263,504,841,034

672,781,242,192

87.80%

Trading volume, contracts

13,955,647

8,228,921

69.59%

Number of trades

1,211,513

835,569

44.99%

Total open interest, rubles

133,783,149,922

111,065,719,067

20.45%

Total open interest, contracts

1,559,456

1,585,926

-1.67%

Total

 

 

 

Trading volume, rubles

13,994,428,961,980

10,692,190,667,096

30.88%

Trading volume, contracts

247,052,039

196,683,095

25.61%

Number of trades

47,120,677

36,643,480

28.59%

Total open interest, rubles

323,126,487,502

293,997,133,480

9.91%

Total open interest, contracts

6,612,046

6,292,444

5.08%