In January, the trading volume, on the EEX Spot Market for Natural Gas amounted to 1,323,933 MWh (GASPOOL and NCG market areas) compared to 885,696 MWh in January 2010. The volume included 382,893 MWh traded in the Within-Day Gas product. The Spot Market price for the day-ahead delivery of Natural Gas ranged between EUR 20.01 per MWh and EUR 28.00 per MWh.
The volumes on the Derivatives Market for Natural Gas (GASPOOL and NCG market
areas) amounted to 1,004,948 MWh (January 2009: 1,079,750 MWh). On 31 January
2011, the open interest was 19,493,975 MWh. On 31 January 2011 Natural Gas prices for delivery in 2012 were fixed at EUR 22.82 per MWh (GASPOOL) and EUR 23.19 per MWh (NCG), respectively. In January, EEX launched the European Gas Index (EGIX). The last monthly average value for EGIX Germany, which constitutes the reference price for the delivery month February 2011, was fixed with 22.68 Euro/MWh on 28 January 2011.
On the EEX Spot Market for CO2 Emission Allowances (EUA) a total of 1,350,000
EUA was traded in January. The volume included 150,000 EUA traded on the secondary spot market (January 2010: 566,473 EUA) and 1,200,000 EUA from the primary market auction. During the month, the Carbix (Carbon Index) ranged between EUR 13.91 per EUA and EUR 14.70 per EUA.
The total volume on the EEX Derivatives Market for CO2 Emission Allowances
amounted to 12,631,000 EUA. The volume included 10,351,000 EUA traded on the
secondary derivatives market (January 2010: 2,180,000 EUA) and 2,280,000 EUA
from the primary market auction. The 2011 MidDec future contract settled at EUR 14.97 per EUA on 31 January 2011, and the 2012 future contract at EUR 15.48 per EUA.
On the EEX Market for Coal Futures 75,000 tonnes were traded in January 2011.
(January 2010: 300,000 tonnes).
In January, Gas Natural SDG S.A., Barcelona, became a new trading member for the Spot and Derivatives Markets for Natural Gas. The number of participants on the EEX Gas Market increased to 98.