The most popular stock was "Gazprom" accounting for 912 million US dollars or 25,99 billion rubles, 23,9% higher than the previous record trading volume in this stock registered on September 21st, 2005 (20,99 billion rubles of 738,8 million US dollars). On January 12th, 2006, "Gazprom" stock closing price reached the all-time maximum of 241,3 rubles. The intra-day record - 244,7 rubles – was also posted on that day. The market capitalization of the company exceeded 5,5 trillion rubles (over 195 billion US dollars).
Total market capitalization of the Russian securities market equaled 557,5 billion US dollars. The RTS Index rose to the record closing – 1255,92 points and the intraday historic maximum – 1261,42.
RTS Classic Market also showed the highest trading volume since April 1998 – 108,3 million US dollars (on April 24th, 1998 the volume equaled 109,8 million US dollars). Last year the volume record of 101,9 million US dollars was registered on September 2nd, 2006. The all-time daily maximum of 216 million US dollars was reached on October 3rd, 1997.
At present RTS Group combines a number of markets that differ by the type of traded products and by trading and settlement technologies used. Among those markets:
- RTS Classic Market- anonymous trading with partial preliminary deposition of assets for 7 "blue chips" and non-anonymous trading without preliminary deposition of assets for other securities.
- "Gazprom" stock market – trading is facilitated by St.Petersburg Stock Exchange, clearing is performed by "Russian Trading System" Stock Exchange, settlement – by "RTS Settlement Chamber". "Settlement and Depositary Company" serves as the settlement depositary.
- T+0 Market of the open joint-stock company "Russian Trading System" Stock Exchange – anonymous trading with 100% preliminary deposition of assets and "DVP" setlement (trading is facilitated by joint-stock company "RTS", clearing is performed by not-for-profit partnership "Russian Trading System").
- FORTS Derivatives Market – futures and options with ruble settlement.