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Climate Exchange PLC
06 May 2010
Press release
6 May 2010
CLIMATE EXCHANGE PLC
Monthly Trading Update for the European Climate Exchange,
the Chicago Climate Exchange and the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange
Climate Exchange plc summarises the trading volumes for the month of April 2010
for the European Climate Exchange (ECX), the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) and
the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE).
Highlights
· Over 700 million tonnes traded on ECX during April to take year-to-date
trading over the 2 billion tonne mark and establish a new all time high monthly
record. 738,391 contracts traded across all products, up 54% from March with an
average of 36,920 lots per day. 27 April set a new high for a single trading day
with 52,071 lots.
Overall record month for EUA products:
· EUA Futures: Increased volatility and a general firming of prices
contributed to a rise in EUA Futures screen volume; average daily volume for
screen Dec 10 EUAs was 14,087 contracts.
· EUA Options: A total of 111,721 EUA Options contracts were cleared on
ECX - activity was concentrated in the Dec10 (90%) with the majority of these
being calls (69%)
· EUA Daily Futures: The final month of true-up for 2009 EU ETS
compliance drove strong activity in the Daily contracts with Average Daily
Volumes of 1,645 lots in EUAs and CERs. The spot volumes represented over 37% of
total market share during April
· CER volumes recorded modest month-on-month growth
· Open Interest of all contracts continued to rise, up 10% in April and
up 60% so far this year to 857,910 lots. Dec10 EUA Futures Open Interest
increased 12% this month to 175,149 lots.
· Open Interest in CCFE SFI & NFI futures and options ended April at
114,064 contracts, a 51% increase over April 2009
· Open Interest in the CCFE REC product line stands at a record high of
4,480 contracts
Total ECX Products (Contracts*)
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | 2010 | 2009 | Change |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | | | |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| April | 738,391 | 516,086 | 43% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| YTD | 2,090,189 | 1,790,200 | 16% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| Open Interest | 857,910 | 579,799 | 48% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
*1 contract equal to 1,000 EUAs/CERs
ECX EUA Futures Contract
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | 2010 | 2009 | Change |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | | | |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| April | 509,136 | 380,112 | 33% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| YTD | 1,462,165 | 1,336,050 | 9% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| Open Interest | 422,049 | 251,755 | 67% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
ECX EUA Options Contract
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | 2010 | 2009 | Change |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | | | |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| April | 111,721 | 67,938 | 64% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| YTD | 268,667 | 187,238 | 43% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| Open Interest | 218,731 | 153,234 | 42% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
ECX EUA Daily Futures Contract ('Spot') (launched 13 March 2009)
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | 2010 | 2009 | Change |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| April | 30,982 | 2,629 | 1,078% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| YTD | 78,645 | 3,416 | 2,202% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
ECX CER Futures Contract (launched 14 March 2008)
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | 2010 | 2009 | Change |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| April | 81,966 | 61,263 | 33% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| YTD | 254,283 | 235,084 | 8% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| Open Interest | 148,063 | 107,364 | 38% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
ECX CER Options Contract (launched 16 May 2008)
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | 2010 | 2009 | Change |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| April | 2,650 | 3,669 | -28% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| YTD | 21,500 | 27,748 | -22% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| Open Interest | 69,997 | 67,446 | +4% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
ECX CER Daily Futures Contract (Spot) (launched 13 March 2009)
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | 2010 | 2009 | Change |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| April | 1,936 | 475 | 307% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| YTD | 5,479 | 664 | 725% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
CCX CFI (Contracts)
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | 2010 | 2009 | Change |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | | | |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| April | 1,730 | 10,907 | -84% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| YTD | 6,802 | 186,007 | -96% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
CCFE (Contracts)
Total CCFE Products
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | 2010 | 2009 | Change |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | | | |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| April | 58,854 | 132,319 | -56% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| YTD | 219,805 | 332,321 | -34% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| Open Interest | 154,565 | 122,359 | +26% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
CCFE SFI and NFI Futures & Options Contracts
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | 2010 | 2009 | Change |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | | | |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| April | 54,734 | 76,895 | -29% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| YTD | 180,795 | 201,046 | -10% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| Open Interest | 114,064 | 75,587 | +51% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
CCFE Carbon Complex including CFI, RGGI, CCAR and CFI-US
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | 2010 | 2009 | Change |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | | | |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| April | 2,770 | 51,064 | -95% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| YTD | 34,353 | 125,399 | -73% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| Open Interest | 35,236 | 38,188 | -07% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
Other CCFE Products including IFEX and RECs
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | 2010 | 2009 | Change |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| | | | |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| April | 1,350 | 4,360 | -69% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| YTD | 4,657 | 5,876 | -21% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
| Open Interest | 5,265 | 8,584 | -39% |
+------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
For breakdown of daily trades, please refer to websites as follows:
ECX www.ecx.eu
CCX www.chicagoclimateexchange.com
CCFE www.ccfe.com
Contact
+------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
| Richard Sandor, Chairman Climate Exchange plc and | 001 312 554 3370 |
| Chairman & CEO Chicago Climate Exchange | |
+------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
| Neil Eckert, CEO Climate Exchange plc | 0207 382 7801 |
+------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
| Patrick Birley, CEO European Climate Exchange | 0207 382 7818 |
+------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
| Jonny Franklin-Adams and Simon Law, Fox-Pitt, Kelton | 0207 065 2000 |
| Limited | |
+------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
| Peter Rigby/Alex Parry, Haggie Financial | 0207 417 8989 |
+------------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
About Climate Exchange plc
Climate Exchange plc is a holding company whose subsidiaries are principally
engaged in
owning, operating and developing exchanges to facilitate trading in
environmental financial
instruments including emissions reduction credits in both voluntary and
mandatory markets. Its
three main businesses are the European Climate Exchange (ECX) which operates the
leading
derivatives exchange focused on compliance certificates for the mandatory
European Emissions
Trading Scheme, Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) which operates a voluntary but
contractually
binding cap and trade system for greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., and the
Chicago Climate
Futures Exchange (CCFE) the leading U.S. regulated environmental products
exchange whose
contracts include mandatory U.S. emissions such as SO2, NOx and RGGI CO2.
www.climateexchange.com
About European Climate Exchange
The European Climate Exchange (ECX) manages product development and marketing of
Carbon
Financial Instruments (CFI) futures and options contracts on CO2 EU allowances
(EUAs) traded
under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and Certified Emission Reductions
(CERs)
issued under the Kyoto Protocol. ECX CFI contracts are listed and traded on the
ICE Futures electronic platform, offering a central marketplace for emissions
trading in Europe with standard contracts and clearing guarantees. ECX/ ICE
Futures is the most liquid, exchange for carbon emissions trading. More than 100
businesses have signed up for membership to trade ECX products. In addition,
several thousand ICE clients can access the market via banks and brokers.
www.ecx.eu
About Chicago Climate Exchange and Chicago Climate Futures Exchange
Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is a financial services business whose objectives
are to apply
financial innovation and incentives to advance social, environmental and
economic goals. CCX is
the world's first and North America's only contractually binding rules-based
greenhouse gas
emissions allowance trading system, as well as the world's only global system
for emissions
trading based on all six greenhouse gases. CCX members are leaders in greenhouse
gas
management and represent all sectors of the global economy, as well as public
sector innovators.
Independent third party verification is provided by FINRA. For a full list of
CCX members, daily
prices and other Exchange information please see the CCX website. The Chicago
Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE), a wholly owned subsidiary of CCX, is a CFTC
designated contract market which offers standardized and cleared futures
contracts on emission allowances and other environmental products. Clearing
services are provided by The Clearing Corporation. Market surveillance services
are provided by the National Futures Association, the industry wide,
self-regulatory organization for the U.S. futures industry.
www.chicagoclimateexchange.com
www.ccfe.com
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