PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform of EEX Group operated by Powernext, registered a total volume of 194.0 TWh traded in September 2019.
With 101.2 TWh, the spot segment saw 40 per cent growth compared to 2018 (September 2018: 72.4 TWh), driven by the good performance of the Dutch TTF, which volumes (September 2019: 48.4 TWh) almost doubled compared to 2018 (September 2018: 24.9 TWh). The NBP reported a record month with 442.2 GWh traded on the platform (previous record: 356 GWh in July 2018).
On the futures segment, 92.6 TWh were traded (September 2018: 96.8 TWh).
The German delivery zones NCG and Gaspool registered a volume of 29.2 TWh, an increase of 16 per cent compared to 2018 (September 2018: 25.1 TWh). Trading of quality-specific contracts reached 4.1 TWh. In France, the PEG reported 9.8 TWh (September 2018: 10.7 TWh). The Austrian CEGH VTP reached 5.8 TWh, up to 13 per cent compared to 2018 (September 2018: 5.1 TWh). The Belgian markets ZTP and ZEE volumes amounted to 5.5 TWh, up to 23 per cent compared to 2018 (September 2018: 4.5 TWh).The Danish market ETF registered 1.1 TWh (September 2018: 1.4 TWh).
Geographical spread transactions reached 8.7 TWh, while the German and French locational and hourly products reported 310.3 GWh.
Derivatives trading in September totalled 92.6 TWh (September 2018: 96.8 TWh).The TTF market reached 74.5 TWh (September 2018: 82.6 TWh). The NCG and GASPOOL delivery areas traded 6.0 TWh, which represents a raise of 26 per cent compared to 2018 (September 2018: 5.4 TWh). CEGH VTP reported a volume of 7.2 TWh, 33 per cent more than in September 2018 (September 2018: 5.4 TWh). 215.9 GWh were traded on the Spanish PVB in September 2019.The PEG market area reached 2.8 TWh, twice more than in 2018 (September 2018: 1.3 TWh). The Italian PSV hub traded 949.8 GWh (September 2018: 1.4 TWh). The CZ VTP traded 141.5 GWh (September 2018: 406.9 GWh).
The options segment reported 172.8 GWh in September 2019.
The volume of geographical spread transactions accounted for 8.5 TWh and time spread transactions amounted to 4.5 TWh.