Of this amount, 8,573,553 MWh were traded on the electricity Spot Market. On the electricity Spot Market, base load (Phelix Base Month) was worth 62.62 Euro/MWh in the monthly average and peak load (Phelix Peak Month) 94.15 Euro/MWh.
In December the volume in electricity derivatives was 74.3 TWh. The Derivatives Market´s volume includes 30.3 TWh from OTC Clearing. On December 30, 2005 the Open Interest was 136.5 TWh. On December 28, 2005 the price for base load in Germany for the year 2006 was determined at 53.36 Euro/MWh and for peak load in Germany for the year 2006 at 73.85 Euro/MWh.
In December, 698,094 EU Allowances were traded on the EEX Spot Market. During this period the settlement prices ranged between 20.07 Euro/EUA and 22.10 Eu-ro/EUA.
On the EEX Derivatives Market for EU Allowances launched October 4, 2005 the vol-ume traded was 135,000 EU Allowances. On December 30, 2005 the contract price for the year 2006 was determined at 21.67 Euro/EUA, the contract price for the year 2008 was 19.23 Euro/EUA.
132 companies from 16 countries are active at the European Energy Exchange. The French Kalibra XE France SAS was admitted to the Spot Market. Another company was admitted to the Spot and Derivatives Market.
