EEX Group reports its October monthly volumes with the following developments:
In October, traded volumes on the EEX Group Global Power markets increased by 19% year-on-year (YoY) to 1,464.2 TWh.
- The European Power Spot markets registered 92.8 TWh, an increase of 18% YoY. Day-Ahead volumes increased by 12% to 64.9 TWh, while Intraday markets grew by 32% to 28.0 TWh.
- Trading volumes on the European Power Derivatives markets increased by 28% compared to October 2025, reaching 1,043.8 TWh. German Power Futures grew by 26% to 684.6 TWh, while French Power Futures increased by 30% to 173.8 TWh. Strong year-on-year growth was also recorded in Spanish (+68%), Dutch (+59%), Greek (+61%) and CSEE Power Futures markets (+122%). The GB Power Futures market continued the monthly trading volumes growth with over +400% increase YoY.
- The EEX Nordic Power Futures continued trading volume growth, increasing by 12% YoY and 10% month-on-month. On this market, the EEX System Price Open Interest* has seen a further increase of +36.4% YoY and +7.5% month-on-month.
- In October, the recently launched EEX Renewable Energy Futures contracts saw close to 2.5 GWh traded volume, primary across the new French and German TB2 contracts.
- The EEX Japanese Power Derivatives market continued to see increasing trading volumes, with a 88% YoY-growth to 28.3 TWh.
The EEX Group Natural Gas markets registered a total trading volume of 725.3 TWh (+2% YoY). European gas spot volumes increased by 2% to 306.7 TWh, while the European gas derivatives traded volumes rose by 3% to 394.9 TWh.
- On the European gas spot markets, the EEX Dutch TTF volumes increased by 19% to 138.9 TWh and the Spanish PVB trading volumes rose significantly YoY once again.
- On the EEX natural gas derivatives markets, Dutch TTF Gas Futures increased by 14% YoY to 258.7 TWh, while Italian PSV Gas Futures recorded growth of 54% to 15.9 TWh. In addition, the UK NBP Gas Futures market saw a +215% increase in trading volumes YoY.
Trading in Guarantees of Origin increased by 21% to 10.6 TWh in total, including a 36% YoY growth for the GO Futures (5.8 TWh) market.
On the EEX European environmental markets, a total volume of 77.6 million tonnes of CO₂ was traded. Secondary market options volumes increased by 255% year-on-year to 1.8 million tonnes of CO₂.
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*The Open Interest (OI) is the total number of unsettled derivatives contracts (open positions in futures and options) in a given market, indicating the interest level and liquidity of this market. The calculation of the Open Interest at EEX is considering the proprietary accounts in net terms.
Notes
Please note that EPEX SPOT changed its external reporting methodology in Aug 2026 for their direct reporting purposes. EPEX now reports both buy and sell volumes, while the Group-level reporting only considers one side.
EEX Group builds secure, successful and sustainable commodity markets worldwide – together with its customers. The group offers trading in power, natural gas, environmental products, freight and agriculturals as well as subsequent clearing and registry services, connecting a network of more than 1,000 trading participants. EEX Group consists of European Energy Exchange (EEX), EPEX SPOT, Power Exchange Central Europe (PXE) and Nodal Exchange as well as the software companies KB Tech and Lacima. Clearing is provided by EEX Group’s clearing houses European Commodity Clearing (ECC) and Nodal Clear. EEX Group is part of Deutsche Börse Group. More information: www.eex-group.com
