EEX Group Monthly Volumes – February 2026

EEX Group reports its February monthly volumes with the following highlights:

• In February, traded volumes on the EEX Group's Global Power markets totalled 1,355.4 TWh, marking an overall 3% increase year-on-year (YoY). This includes a 14% growth on the European Power Spot markets (81.5 TWh) and a 10% YoY increase on the European Power Derivatives markets (962.4 TWh). The Italian Power Futures reached a new monthly record volume level with 84.3 TWh (+24% YoY), alongside exceptional growth in GB Power Futures (> 3,000% YoY). The EEX German Power Open Interest (OI) share exceeded 93% in the course of February.*
• The growth trend in the Nordic Power Futures continued, with an overall 2.1 TWh traded, which is a significant increase as against the same month last year (+1435%). On this market, the EEX System Price OI share has risen steadily over the past few months, surpassing 6% in February, while EEX’s OI shares moved over 25% in the Denmark 1 Zone in the course of February, with good development in other zones as well.*
• The Japanese Power Futures market achieved a monthly volume of almost 15.0 TWh, a 33% increase YoY.
• The Group's Natural Gas markets reported a total volume of 761.2 TWh, marking a 13% increase year-on-year. This growth was fuelled by the European Spot markets, which rose by 4% YoY to 315.4 TWh, and the European Derivatives markets, which increased by 13% YoY to 392.5 TWh. Market highlights include remarkable YoY growth across several gas futures markets, including the German THE (+52%), Austrian CEGH (+70%), Belgian ZTP (+90%), and the UK NBP (over +8,000%).
• The European Environmental markets posted a strong performance, with total volumes increasing by 19% year-on-year to 89.9 million t of CO2. This was largely driven by the secondary market, where trading increased by 91% YoY, fuelled by a 98% increase in Emissions Futures and a 1,200% rise in Emissions Options.
• Traded volume in the Guarantees of Origin (GO) markets of the Group reached 8.9 TWh, a 56% increase year-on-year, with EEX GO Futures volumes rose by 130%, totaling 4.6 TWh.

 Please find the full volume report in English and German below.

*Open Interest (OI) rate is the total number of unsettled futures and options in a given market, indicating the interest level and liquidity of this market. The synthetic net Open Interest data shared were calculated internally by EEX.

EEX Group builds secure, successful and sustainable commodity markets worldwide – together with its customers. The group offers trading in power, natural gas, environmental products, freight and agriculturals as well as subsequent clearing and registry services, connecting a network of more than 1,000 trading participants. EEX Group consists of European Energy Exchange (EEX), EPEX SPOT, Power Exchange Central Europe (PXE), GET Baltic and Nodal Exchange as well as the software companies KB Tech and Lacima. Clearing is provided by EEX Group’s clearing houses European Commodity Clearing (ECC) and Nodal Clear. EEX Group is part of Deutsche Börse Group.