Trading and clearing of carbon futures amounted to 2,494 contracts (2,494,000 tons) Tuesday, which is the highest daily volume ever traded and cleared on NASDAQ OMX Commodities carbon futures market.
“We are very pleased to see that the improvements we have made to our carbon offering are generating growth in transacted volumes. In addition, having active market makers in place contribute greatly to this development,” Fredrik Voss, Vice President Carbon & Business Development, said in a statement.