Of this amount, 7,776,681 MWh were traded on the electricity Spot Market. On the electricity Spot Market, base load (Phelix Base Month) was worth 65.54 Euro/MWh in the monthly average and peak load (Phelix Peak Month) 97.34 Euro/MWh.
In January the volume in electricity derivatives was 105,6 TWh. The Derivatives Mar-ket“s volume includes 32.6 TWh from OTC Clearing. On January 31, 2006 the Open In-terest was 153.8 TWh. On January 31, 2006 the price for base load in Germany for the year 2007 was determined at 53.70 Euro/MWh and for peak load in Germany for the year 2007 at 75.35 Euro/MWh.
In January, 717,718 EU Allowances were traded on the EEX Spot Market. During this period the settlement prices ranged between 21.75 Euro/EUA and 26.23 Euro/EUA.
On the EEX Derivatives Market for EU Allowances launched October 4, 2005 the vol-ume traded was 110,000 EU Allowances. On January 31, 2006 the contract price for the year 2006 was determined at 26.69 Euro/EUA, the contract price for the year 2008 was 24.74 Euro/EUA.
135 companies from 17 countries are active at the European Energy Exchange. Elnord S.A. from Poland was admitted to the Spot Market in January. EOS Trading S.A., Swit-zerland, Tullett Prebon (Securities) Limited, Great Britain and Holding Slovenske Elek-trarne d.o.o, Slovenia were admitted to the Derivatives Market.