OREANDA-NEWS. On 26 May 2009 was announced, that a new daily trading volume record was set on RTS Standard.

By the end of the main trading session the trading volume hit a record high of USD115.178 million.

The previous trading volume record was set on RTS Standard on May 7, 2009, when the trading volume reached USD90.171 million.

RTS Standard is fast becoming the leading equity segment on RTS. The new record is close to RTS Stock Market highs - for example trading volume last exceeded USD120 million in January 2008.

RTS Standard sets a totally new standard for equity trading in Russia. It facilitates building up the liquidity of the Russian securities market, reduces counterparty  risk and boosts 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 top 20 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.