Brent futures contract breaches the USD100 million mark for the first time

September 1, 2010 saw a record trading activity in the Brent futures contract, with market participants making a record number of trades (4,474 trades) for a record value of RUB3,100,321,418 (or USD100.4 million) represented by 133,685 contracts.

The previous record was set on February 12, 2010 when the trading volume in this instrument reached RUB2,212,879,479 (or USD73.4 million) or 100,527 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. By the results of 2009 FORTS entered the Top-10 global derivatives exchanges as ranked by the Futures Industry Association. At present FORTS has the widest range of instruments in Russia. These are 46 contracts (33 futures and 13 options) on RTS Index, shares of Russian companies, bonds, short term interest rates, currency, oil, silver, diesel oil, sugar and gold.

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