In July, the Derivatives Market volume was 53.7 TWh. Of this amount, 43.6 TWh were traded in yearly futures and 3.1 TWh in yearly options. The volume in quarterly futures was 4.7 TWh and 2.4 TWh in monthly futures. The Derivatives Market´s volume in-cludes 32.4 TWh from OTC Clearing. The Open Interest on July 29, 2005 was 130.5 TWh in futures and 7.5 TWh in options.
In July, 291.725 EU Allowances were traded. One of them entitles to the emission of one ton of CO2.
On the Spot Market, base load was worth 45.34 Euro/MWh in the monthly average and peak load 59.29 Euro/MWh. On the Derivatives Market to date July 29, 2005, the base load for 2006 was determined at 42.63 Euro/MWh and the peak load at 56.99 Euro/MWh.
128 companies from 16 countries are active at the European Energy Exchange. In July, the Energie Ouest Suisse S.A. (EOS), Lausanne, was admitted to trading at the EEX Spot Market. With EOS and Avenis Trading S.A. belonging to the same holding group (EOS Holding), Avenis Trading S.A. has cancelled its membership due to the admission of EOS to the exchange. The Foundation Energy Limited, London, was ad-mitted to trading at the EEX Spot- and Derivatives Market.
