On January 16th, 2008 a new record of trading volume of futures on Russian Trading System Index was registered on FORTS. By the results of the day trading volume of the given instrument equaled 58,9 rubles or 534 021 contracts.
The previous record of trading volume of futures on Russian Trading System Index was registered on December 5th, 2007 and equaled 46,4 bln rubles or 421 588 contracts.
Also on January 16th, 2008 there was registered a record for the number of trades on FORTS. By the trading results of the day there were settled 109 491 trades. The previous record was registered on December 11th, 2007. The number of trades then reached 94 479.
Derivatives market of Russian Trading System – FORTS is a leading trading ground for futures and options in Russia. Trading on FORTS started in September 2001. At present FORTS has the widest in Russian range of instruments. These are 58 contracts (44 futures and 19 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short interest rates, currency, Russian Trading System Index, oil, silver, gas, oil, sugar and gold.
The trading volume on FORTS in 2007 grew threefold and made up 297,41 bln dollars or144,9 contracts . Comparing with 2006 the number of trades increased more than twofold and reached 11,7mln. Total volume of open interest for the end of the year equaled 141,7 rubles in cash or 3,2 contracts. The highest intra-day trading volume on FORTS was registered at the level of 5,2 bln dollars. -- www.rts.ru
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