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End of day volume in Green Exchange products traded on NYMEX for the first time surpassed 5,000 contracts yesterday, registering a new daily record of 5,290 contracts traded. (1) This milestone is more than double the previous Green Exchange product daily volume record of 2,630 contracts traded last Tuesday, August 17. (1) Yesterday’s trading volume for EUAs and CERs was transacted on the Globex® electronic trading system and through the ClearPort clearing facility.
Exchange-wide open interest has increased by 166% to 28,663 contracts (1) since January 04, 2010 when the Green Exchange products traded on NYMEX recorded total open interest of 10,762 contracts. The open interest breakdown per contract is set out below.
Green Exchange Chief Executive, Tom Lewis, commented, “After opening our first international office in London in May and hiring a local team to help us drive our European growth strategy, we are pleased to see our volumes begin to rise. We look forward to the upcoming months as we continue to work with the trading community to assist them in gaining access to our markets and expanding our products and services."
The Green Exchange environmental suite of futures and options contracts
traded on NYMEX is currently eligible for a fee holiday (trading and clearing
fees) until August 31, 2010. (2)
Green Exchange Open Interest
EUA Futures---------------9011
EUA Options--------------1500
CER Futures---------------7752
CER Options-------------10350
RGGI V10 Futures-----------50
Grand Total-------------28,663 (lots)
(1 lot = 1,000 tonnes CO2)
1. Market Data:
http://nymex.greenfutures.com/market-data/index.html
2. Fee Waiver programme: http://nymex.greenfutures.com/news/articles/05-17-2010.html
