ECX Monthly Report

January Highlights:

Trading volumes on ECX during January were just short of 288Mt, up 68% year on year, with an Average Daily Volume for the month of 13.7Mt.
The month saw a marked increase in activity in the March 2009 contract, with over 1,500 contracts traded.
Open Interest in all contracts surpassed 400,000 contracts during January – equal to over 400 million tonnes of EUAs and CERs.
The price of EUAs fell by 25% in January: the benchmark December 2009 contract opened the year at €15.90 and closed the month at €11.85 – see chart below.
ICE Futures Europe & ECX welcome its 95th and 96th members: Galp Energia and Triland USA Inc.

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