OREANDA-NEWS. August 26, 2011. Starting from August 29, 2011 trading in ordinary registered shares of OJSC "Rostelecom" (issue’s state registration number 1-01-00124-A, RTS ticker RTKM) will commence on RTS Standard (on-exchange trading mode with settlements on T+4).

From 29 August, restrictions on submitting indirect orders and executing subsequent trades for the above-mentioned securities will take effect in the on-exchange trading mode with settlement on T+0, excluding hours for trading in odd lots on RTS T+0 market. Concluding trades in non-anonymous trading mode and REPO trades on RTS T+0 market will remain unchanged.

The full list of securities, admitted to trading on RTS Standard, as well as conditions for trading on this market can be found on this link.

RTS Standard sets a totally new standard for equity trading in Russia. It will facilitate building up the liquidity of the Russian securities market, curb counterparties’ risks and boost development of the infrastructure. It aims to attract substantial international investor interest into the local equity market due to the applied global standards of trading.

RTS Standard offers CCP trading in anonymous order book without full advance depositing of assets and with settlement on T+4. The market hours are from 10.30 am to 11.50 pm MSK. The range of instruments includes over 30 liquid stocks of Russian issuers. RTS Standard also offers portfolio margining with trades made on FORTS, RTS’s derivatives section, which makes trading in all the instruments possible using a single, consolidated cash position.