MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Trading System stock exchange will launch bond futures trading, the RTS president said Monday.
According to Oleg Safonov, the country's main stock exchange will start trading in futures on Moscow City 10-year bonds from February 14 and on Russia's Eurobonds maturing in 2020 from February 20, 2006.
The futures contracts will have settlement dates between July and September 2006.
Contracts for 10-year bonds issued by the Moscow government are the first long-term interest rate based financial derivatives. Currently, the RTS trades in 3-year bond futures.
Russia's Eurobonds are the most liquid debt instruments circulating on the over-the-counter debt market, RTS Vice President Roman Goryunov said.
The purchase or the sale of futures will require a margin of 7.5% of their value.
