OREANDA-NEWS. On 04 June 2009 was announced, that May saw a new record on FORTS, RTS’s derivatives section.

By the end of the main trading session the trading volume in futures had reached 2,665,780 contracts.

The previous record was set on April 14, 2009, when the futures trading volume totalled 2,404,545 contracts.

FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS, is the leading trading venue for futures and options in Russia. Trading on FORTS started in September 2001. At present FORTS has the widest range of instruments in Russia. These are 50 contracts (33 futures and 17 options) on shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, RTS Index, oil, silver, gas, oil products, sugar and gold.