EEX Trading Results For August 2016 - EEX Increases Power Derivatives Volume By 19 Percent

In August 2016, the monthly volume on EEX’s power derivatives market amounted to 199.7 TWh, increasing the volume traded in August 2015 (168.2 TWh) by 19%.

On the Spanish power derivatives market, the trading volume more than doubled to 3.3 TWh (August 2015: 1.5 TWh). EEX also recorded significant growth on the Italian market with a volume of 26.1 TWh (August 2015: 15.6 TWh, +67%). The market for Germany recorded a volume of 136.3 TWh which is an increase of 7% compared to the previous year (August 2015: 127.3 TWh). In Nordic power futures, EEX recorded the highest volume since the launch of this product at 303,135 MWh.

The August volumes comprised 105.9 TWh registered at EEX for clearing. Clearing and settlement of all transactions was executed by European Commodity Clearing (ECC).

Emission Allowances

On the EEX Market for emission allowances, a total volume of 33.0 million tonnes of CO₂ was traded in August (August 2015: 36.7 million tonnes of CO₂). Primary market auctions contributed 23.3 million tonnes of CO₂ to the total volume.

Agricultural Products

In August, a total of 5,959 contracts were traded in agricultural products at EEX (August 2015: 5,396 contracts). This volume included 4,614 contracts (equal to 115,350 tonnes) from European processing potatoes and 1,345 contracts (equal to 6,725 tonnes) from dairy products.

New Participants

During August, EEX admitted Citadel Financial Products S.A.R.L., Senningerberg (Luxembourg), on the derivatives market for coal and freight. EP Commodities a.s., Prague, has additionally been admitted for Italian Power Futures and Options. Enel Trade S.p.A., Rome, and Société Générale S.A., Paris, extended their admission to UK Power Futures whereas Stadtwerke München has been addionally admitted for Nordic Power Futures.