PEGAS: January Trading Results - Record Volumes Across All PEGAS Markets

PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, announced that a total volume of 72.1 TWh was traded in January 2015. The volume increased by 68 % compared to the previous year (January 2014: 43.0 TWh) and represents the highest monthly volume ever traded on the PEGAS markets. The previous record was set in October 2014 with 65.1 TWh.

Spot Markets

Trading volumes on the Spot Markets amounted to a new high of 41.2 TWh in January (January 2014: 23.0 TWh) with new monthly records in all individual countries of delivery. The spot market volume increased by 15 % compared to the previous record (35.9 TWh in October 2014). The volume on the German spot markets (GASPOOL and NCG market areas) amounted to 18.8 TWh (January 2014: 10.2 TWh). This volume includes 4.9 TWh traded in quality-specific gas products. The previous monthly record was set in October 2014 with 18.6 TWh. On the French spot markets (PEG Nord, PEG Sud, PEG TIGF market areas), 11.1 TWh were traded (January 2014: 9.6 TWh). The previous monthly record was set in December 2014 with 10.6 TWh. The volume on the Dutch TTF spot market increased to 11.0 TWh which constitutes more than twice the previous year’s volume (January 2014: 4.2 TWh). The previous monthly record was set in October 2014 with 7.6 TWh. The Belgian ZTP spot market registered a volume of 265,831 MWh (previous record: 149,455 MWh in November 2014). The total volume of spread transactions amounted to 2.0 TWh.

Derivatives Markets

In January, trading volumes on the PEGAS Derivatives Markets reached a new record of30.9 TWh (January 2014: 19.0 TWh). The volume on the German Futures markets (GASPOOL and NCG market areas) amounted to 6.2 TWh (January 2014: 11.8 TWh). In the French market areas, a total of 4.7 TWh was traded on PEG Nord and PEG Sud Futures (January 2014: 4.8 TWh). On the Dutch TTF Futures market, a new monthly volume record was registered at 20.0 TWh (January 2014: 2.4 TWh). The previous record was set in September 2014 with 19.4 TWh. In January, the total amount of spread transactions reached 2.4 TWh.

Details on the natural gas volumes and prices are available in the enclosed monthly report.

About PEGAS – Pan-European Gas Cooperation:

PEGAS is the central gas trading platform of EEX Group operated by Powernext. PEGAS provides its members with access to all products on one single platform and allows them to trade natural gas contracts in the Belgian, Dutch, French and German market areas. The product range of PEGAS covers spot and derivatives contracts for the major European gas hubs as well as trading in location spread products between these market areas. This setup enables market harmonisation and forms the leading pan-European natural gas market. For more information:www.pegas-trading.com

About EEX:

EEX Group provides the central market platform for energy, energy related and commodity products and enables access to a network of over 350 trading participants. The offering of the group comprises contracts for Energy, Environmentals, Freight, Metals and Agriculturals listed at the European Energy Exchange, EPEX SPOT, Powernext, Cleartrade and Gaspoint Nordic. Clearing and settlement of transactions concluded or registered on the exchanges is provided by the central clearing house European Commodity Clearing. EEX is part of Deutsche Börse Group. For more information: www.eex.com 

About Powernext:

Powernext is a regulated market operating under AMF supervision. Powernext manages the natural gas activities of the EEX Group under the PEGAS brand throughout Europe, and operates the National Registry for electricity guarantees of origin in France. Powernext owns 50% in EPEX SPOT, 20% in EEX Power Derivatives and 1.5% in ECC. For more information:www.powernext.com

PEGAS – Monthly Figures Report for January 2015

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