Published on: 2026-07-10
Source: Moscow Exchange –
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On July 14, 2026, trading in the WTI crude oil futures contract will begin on the Moscow Exchange derivatives market. The new contract is aimed at a wide range of market participants and complements the line of settlement instruments on energy resources offered by the Moscow Exchange.
Light low-sulfur WTI crude oil is one of the key benchmarks of the global commodity market, reflecting the dynamics of the American oil market. The new contract expands participants’ opportunities to implement trading strategies in the commodity segment of the Moscow Exchange’s derivatives market, including price risk hedging as well as arbitrage strategies between WTI and Brent oil futures.
Maria Patrikeeva, Managing Director of the Derivatives Market at the Moscow Exchange:
“We see a steady demand from clients for derivative instruments on commodity assets. In the first half of 2026, nearly 100 thousand clients monthly concluded deals with energy futures, which is 52% more than the previous year. The new futures offer a clear trading mechanism and familiar working conditions within the Moscow Exchange infrastructure. Expanding the range of derivative instruments on energy commodities increases the attractiveness of the Moscow Exchange’s derivatives market as the main Russian platform for implementing numerous trading strategies with global assets.”
Terms of the calculated WTI crude oil futures contract:
- Contract code (short code) – WTI (WT);
- Underlying asset – light low-sulfur WTI crude oil;
- Quotation – in US dollars per 1 barrel;
- Lot – 10 barrels;
- The minimum price increment is 0.01 US dollars.
The specification of the new tool is posted on the Moscow Exchange website.
Urgent Market of the Moscow Exchange – the leading platform for trading derivative financial instruments in Russia and Eastern European countries, combining a developed infrastructure, reliability and guarantees, as well as the most advanced technologies for trading futures and options. Today, on the Moscow Exchange derivatives market, 41 stock options, three currency options, a gold option, an index option, and more than 160 futures contracts and options on them are traded, with underlying assets including stock indices, stocks, currency pairs, precious and industrial metals, oil, gas and other commodities, interest rates.
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