OREANDA-NEWS. On 20 March 2009 was announced, that on March 21, 2009 FORTS trading system will be tested with participation of the trading members giving them an opportunity to check whether the systems are prepared to the launch of RTS Standard, a new spot market of RTS.

New versions of the FORTS trading terminals and the related documentation are available at http://ftp.rts.ru/pub/SPOT and via the automatic upgrade system.

RTS specialists will need access to the access servers in order to replace the current version of the FORTS trading system. Please, secure such access from 8:00 am to 11:00 pm on March 21.

The functional testing schedule (Moscow time):

First trading session from 1:pm to 2:30 pm, promoclearing at 2:00 pm

Second trading session from 2:45 pm to 4:00 pm, promoclearing at 3:30 pm

Settlement, delivery, generation and distribution of reports based on the results of the second trading session from 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm.

If you would like to take part in the testing, please, submit your applications at help@rts.ru. The registration is open till March 20, 2:00 pm.

Note, that an upgraded version of the FORTS software is available for an open beta testing. For connection to the test version of the trading system, please, send your applications to beta-test@rts.ru.

For further information on RTS Standard, a new spot market of RTS, please, contact Stock Market Department specialists:

Aleksey Afanasievsky, Maxim Ryabov and Timur Abushkin at +7(495) 705-9031, extensions 15100, 15102, 15095).

You can also sign up for seminars on RTS Standard at +7(495) 705-9031, extension 15090, your contact person is Alexander Gorshkov.

For further information, please contact the RTS Public Relations Department at +7(495)705-9031, 500-3840.