MOSCOW, August 26. /TASS/. The Moscow Exchange will start trading in cash-settled futures for the wheat index and in marginable options for this contract, the trading platform said on its website.

The base asset of the futures contract is the exchange index of wheat calculated by the National Mercantile Exchange, the member of the Moscow Exchange.

The index ticker is WHCPT. The index value is calculated according to results of wheat procurement auctions held at the National Mercantile Exchange since August 2021.