Derivatives trading grew strongly in January at Forts, the futures and options segment of the Russian Trading System Stock Exchange.
The exchange was closed at the beginning of the month for New Year and the Russian Orthodox Christmas, but trading between January 11 and 29 totalled 26.1m contracts, up 63% from 16m a year ago.
Financial derivatives, which have driven Forts’s vigorous growth over the past 12 months, were again the...