EEX Group Monthly Volumes – September 2026

EEX Group reports its September monthly volumes with the following developments:

In September, traded volumes on the EEX Group Global Power markets increased by 27% year-on-year (YoY) to 1,499.5 TWh.

• The European Power Spot markets reached 88.0 TWh, representing an increase of 21% compared with September 2025. New monthly records were achieved in the German, British, Danish, Finnish, Swedish and combined Nordic intraday markets.
• Trading volumes on the European Power Derivatives markets increased by 39% year-on-year to 1,112.4 TWh. German Power Futures grew by 38% to 711.4 TWh, while French Power Futures rose by 58% to a new monthly record of 228.1 TWh. New records were also seen in Swiss Power Futures at 11.4 TWh. The Irish Power Futures market recorded a strong growth with a YoY plus of 447%, reaching a new monthly record.
  • Trading volumes on the EEX Nordic Power Futures continued their positive development, rising by 44% YoY to 3.0 TWh. On the Nordic markets, the EEX System Price Open Interest* has seen a growth of +97.4% YoY.
  • In September, EEX launched its new Renewable Energy Futures contracts, comprising TBx Power, Hourly and Weekend Block Futures. Trading in these new products started in the first week of availability, with an initial traded volume of 1.8 GWh in September.
• The EEX Japanese power derivatives market more than doubled its traded volume YoY, reaching 18.4 TWh (+103%). Japan Power Futures rose by 99% to 18.1 TWh, and there was a substantial YoY growth in trading volumes of Japan Power Options.
• The EEX Group Natural Gas markets saw a total trading volume of 760.5 TWh (+3% YoY). European gas spot volumes increased by 5% to 283.4 TWh, while European gas derivatives volumes remained broadly stable at 431.1 TWh.
  • The launch of the new Trade-at-Index functionality in the European gas spot segment was well received with close 400 GWh traded in September only. In addition, in this segment, both the Spanish PVB and the UK NBP spot markets achieved new monthly records.
  • On the European gas derivatives markets, Dutch TTF Gas Futures increased by 14% YoY to 289.1 TWh. Strong year-on-year growth was also recorded in Belgian ZTP Gas Futures (+143%), Italian PSV Gas Futures (+67%), Spanish PVB Gas Futures (+44%) and Baltic-Finnish Gas Futures (> 1,000%).
• The European environmental markets grew by 12% year-on-year to 122.4 million tonnes of CO₂. Secondary-market futures volumes rose by 20%, while options volumes more than doubled, increasing by 109%.
• Trading in Guarantees of Origin increased by 9% to 11.8 TWh in total, driven by increased GO primary auction volumes (+20%) and the GO Futures growth of 7% YoY (7.1 TWh).

Please find the full volume report here.

*The Open Interest (OI) is the total number of unsettled derivatives contracts (open positions in futures and options) in a given market, indicating the interest level and liquidity of this market. The calculation of the Open Interest at EEX is considering the proprietary accounts in net terms.

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) 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.