All contracts introduced on FORTS in 2009 are at the top of the global liquidity ranking

According to the research conducted by Futures and Options World (FOW), the leading magazine in derivatives markets, the FX contracts on EUR/USD and EUR/RUB exchange rate that were launched on FORTS in 2009 have entered the list of top liquid financial derivatives introduced globally last year.

Among the top 15 FX contracts launched in 2009 as ranked by FOW in terms of trading volume measured in contracts, RTS’s EUR/USD and EUR/RUB futures contracts were placed in 1st and 2nd ranking positions with a turnover of 13,658,237 and 470,084 contracts for the last year respectively. In addition these contracts were ranked 3rd and 17th among the most liquid contracts on all kinds of assets that started trading in 2009 worldwide.

In November 2009 RTS’s EUR/USD and EUR/RUB futures contracts won the international award for "best innovation in product design 2009 – Eastern Europe" given by FOW. Extension of the FX contracts line offered by FORTS has significantly raised the effectiveness of the hedging strategies given the turbulent global FX markets.

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Since its launch in 1982, professional magazine FOW has been at the heart of the futures and options business. Its subscribers and readers are global investment funds and banks, professional stock market participants as well as private investors all around the globe. FOW's annual Awards for Innovation include seven regional awards for the best innovations by exchanges in the field of product design: North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, East Asia, South and Southeast Asia and Australia. 

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 47 contracts (34 futures and 13 options) on RTS Index, RTS Standard Index, shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, oil, gasoil, gold, silver, and sugar.

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