Of this amount, 8,107,682 MWh were traded on the electricity Spot Market. On the electricity Spot Market, base load (Phelix Base Month) was worth 47.52 Euro/MWh in the monthly average and peak load (Phelix Peak Month) 63.12 Euro/MWh.
In October the turnover in electricity derivatives was 30.4 TWh. The Derivatives Mar-ket“s volume includes 12.7 TWh from OTC Clearing. On October 31, 2005 the Open In-terest was 138.5 TWh. On the same day the price for base load in Germany for the year 2006 was determined at 45.07 Euro/MWh and for peak load in Germany for the year 2006 at 61.53 Euro/MWh.
In October, 250,773 EU Allowances were traded on the EEX Spot Market. During this period the settlement prices ranged between 21.43 Euro/EUA and 23.59 Euro/EUA.
On the EEX Derivatives Market for EU Allowances launched October 4, 2005 the vol-ume traded was 215,000 EU Allowances. On October 31, 2005 the contract price for the year 2006 was determined at 22.00 Euro/EUA, the contract price for the year 2008 was 20.88 Euro/EUA.
128 companies from 16 countries are active at the European Energy Exchange. There were neither admissions nor removals in October.