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In August 2013, EEX has achieved record volumes on its Emissions Secondary market. On the Secondary Spot and Derivatives Market for EU allowances (EUAs) a volume of 32.3 million tonnes of CO2 was traded in August which is a new monthly record (previous record: 17.2 million tonnes of CO2 in November 2012).
On the Secondary EUA Spot Market, nearly 17 times the volume of August 2012 was traded, while on the EUA Derivatives Market more than 4 times the volume was traded. Moreover, a volume of 18 million tonnes of CO2 on the EUA Spot and Futures Market on 15 August 2013 marked a new daily record.
EEX is increasingly growing its volume on the secondary market. “Attractive spreads which we provide with our market makers’ support contribute to the growth of our markets. Moreover, we have introduced straight-through solutions for the registration of trades for clearing facilitating trade registration for our participants”, explains Steffen Köhler, Chief Operating Officer of EEX.
In August 2013, primary market auctions for emission allowances which EEX will also carry out on behalf of Poland as of 16 September 2013 contributed a share of 29.5 mil- lion tonnes of CO2 to the total volume. Therefore 61.9 million tonnes of CO2 were trad-ed on the emissions markets of EEX in August.
Together, EEX and Eurex offer their participants a platform for trading in CO2 emission allowances. In the framework of this co-operation, which was launched in December 2007, Eurex participants can trade the CO2 products listed on EEX and take part in theEUA auctions via their existing infrastructure and a simplified admission process.
