OREANDA-NEWS. March 16, 2011. As of March 21, 2011 in accordance with the decision of RTS Clearing Center basic size of Initial Margin on cash-settled futures contract on raw sugar (the code of the contract in the trading system is SUGR) and  on deliverable futures contract on  granulated sugar produced in accordance with all-Union State Standard 2194 will be changed.

New basic size of Initial Margin on these contracts will be 15%.

RTS Clearing Center has made this decision, due to an increasing level of volatility on global commodity markets.