Power Derivatives
In May 2019, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) significantly increased trading in Austrian power futures, achieving a volume of 862,481 MWh (May 2018: 52,486 MWh) and thereby completing the shift in liquidity from the former combined DE/AT contract to the current individual DE and AT contracts. In addition, the Central- and South-Eastern European power derivatives markets also saw a strong upswing, increasing volumes by 62% to 15.9 TWh (May 2018: 9.8 TWh). In total, EEX reached a volume of 269.4 TWh on its power derivatives markets (May 2018: 306.9 TWh). The decline is mainly driven by decreased trading volumes in power options trading.
Emission Allowances
On the EEX markets for emission allowances, trading volumes totaled 80.7 million tonnes of CO2 in May (May 2018: 477.8 million tonnes of CO2). Primary Market Auctions contributed 47.4 million tonnes of CO2 to the total volume. On the secondary market, trading volumes totaled 33.3 million tonnes of CO2 (May 2018: 418.7 million tonnes of CO2).
Agricultural Products
Throughout May, trading volumes in agricultural products amounted to 2,920 contracts (May 2018: 4,423 contracts). In processing potatoes, 1,908 contracts were traded (equal to 47,700 tonnes). In the dairy segment, the volume amounted to 1,012 contracts (equal to 5,060 tonnes).
Freight
Trading volumes in freight more than tripled with 4,440 lots traded in May (May 2018: 1,435 lots).
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) is the leading energy exchange in Europe which develops, operates and connects secure, liquid and transparent markets for energy and related products. As part of EEX Group, a group of companies serving international commodity markets, EEX offers contracts on Power and Emission Allowances as well as Freight and Agricultural Products. EEX is part of Deutsche Börse Group.
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