Futures and options trading on the derivatives section of Moscow’s Russian Trading System exchange declined in October, but analysts expect it to recover if the stockmarket’s rally becomes established.
Total trading on Futures and Options on RTS (Forts) was 13.7m contracts in October, nearly 35% down on September’s rate of 21m.
Trading in futures was down 31% from 18.8m to just under 13m, while options were 65% down from 2.2m contracts in September to only 762,860.
David Aserkoff, who was then chief strategist for Russia and head of equity derivatives research at Renaissance Capital...