EEX increases volumes in emissions and agricultural products
In July 2017, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) achieved a total volume of 146.2 TWh on its power derivatives markets (July 2016: 244.0 TWh). The July volume comprised 75.3 TWh traded at EEX via Trade Registration with subsequent clearing. Clearing and settlement of all exchange transactions was executed by European Commodity Clearing (ECC). In Phelix-DE Futures, EEX reached its highest volume so far at 15.0 TWh. The steady increase shows that the product is well recognised by the market participants. The products for the Eastern-European markets which have been tradable at EEX since June 2017 contributed 2.1 TWh to the total volume.
Emission Allowances
On the EEX Market for emission allowances, traded volumes in July increased by 35% to 105.8 million tonnes of CO2 (July 2016: 78.5 million tonnes of CO2). On the EUA Derivatives Market, volumes almost doubled to 20.4 million tonnes of CO2 (July 2016: 11.8 million tonnes of CO2). Primary market auctions contributed 85.4 million tonnes of CO2 to the total volume.
Agricultural Products
Throughout July, a total of 7,148 contracts was traded in agricultural products (July 2016: 4,354 contracts). Hence, volumes in this market increased by 64%. The total volume includes 2,218 contracts (equal to 11,090 tonnes) from dairy products which is more than 6 times the volume of the previous year. Furthermore, 4,930 contracts were traded in processing potatoes (equal to 123,250).
Global Commodities
In freight futures which are available for trade registration, EEX recorded a volume of 3,005 contracts in July.
New Participants
In July, EEX admitted De Vrije Energie Producent B.V., Hengelo (Netherlands) and swenex - Swiss Energy Exchange Ltd., Kriens (Switzerland) as new trading participants. Furthermore, 42 Financial Services a.s., Prague was recognised as new Non-Trading Broker.
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) is the leading energy exchange in Europe. It develops, operates and connects secure, liquid and transparent markets for energy and commodity products. At EEX, contracts on Power, Coal and Emission Allowances as well as Freight and Agricultural Products are traded or registered for clearing. Alongside EEX, EPEX SPOT, Powernext, Cleartrade Exchange (CLTX), Gaspoint Nordic, Power Exchange Central Europe (PXE) and Nodal Exchange are also part of EEX Group. Clearing and settlement of trading transactions are provided by the clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC) and by Nodal Clear in the United States. EEX is part of Deutsche Börse Group.
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