The European Energy Exchange (EEX) achieved a total volume of 261.3 TWh on its power derivatives markets in October (October 2016: 410.1 TWh).
The October volume comprised 141.1 TWh traded at EEX via Trade Registration with subsequent clearing. Clearing and settlement of all exchange transactions was executed by European Commodity Clearing (ECC).
The shift in liquidity from the German-Austrian Phelix Future into the German Phelix DE future continued to increase in October. A large share of German trading volumes for maturities beyond 2018 is already traded in the Phelix-DE Futures on a regular basis. In October, options were traded on the basis of the new Phelix-DE Future for the first time.
On the EEX Market for emission allowances, 142.3 million tonnes of CO2 (October 2016: 80.5 million tonnes of CO2) were traded in October. The total volume increased to 77%. Primary market auctions contributed 84.1 million tonnes of CO2 to the total volume. At 55.7 million tonnes of CO2 volumes on the derivatives market more than doubled compared to October 2016 (19.4 million tonnes of CO2).
Throughout October, a total of 5,842 contracts was traded in agricultural products (October 2016: 5,459 contracts). In the dairy futures, the volume reached 2,828 contracts (equal to 14,140 tonnes) which represents a new monthly record (previous record in June 2017: 2,668 contracts). In processing potatoes, a volume of 3,014 contracts (equal to 75,350 tonnes) was traded.
In freight futures which are available for trade registration, EEX recorded a volume of 2,485 contracts in October. On 16 November, the clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC) will conduct the transfer of the Open Interest in Dry Bulk Freight FFA contracts and options from LCH.
In October, EEX additionally admitted BNP Paribas Commodity Futures Ltd, London, and Vattenfall Energy Trading GmbH, Hamburg, for the freight market. In the market for emission allowances, Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main, has extended its admission to the derivatives market while Axpo Italia SPA, Genova, and EP Commodities as, Prague, joined the spot market.
