Earlier today, the first auction of EU allowances (EUA) in the framework of the NER 300 Initiative, was successfully carried out on the European Energy Exchange (EEX). An auction volume of 625,000 EUA from the third trading period, with settlement in December 2013, was monetized on the EEX Derivatives Market on behalf of the European Investment Bank.
The total sum of bids was 2,246,000 EUA. Demand from market participants represented more than three-fold the auction volume. During the auction, in which 7 companies took part, the auction clearing price was EUR 6.83 per EUA.
During June and July, EEX, as cooperation exchange for the implementation of the NER 300 Initiative, will hold EIB NER300 auctions on four days each week. These auctions provide an additional distribution channel for EIB, which already uses EEX for clearing a proportion of Over-the-Counter transactions, as well as for a proportion of direct screen trades in the secondary market.
EEX and Eurex offer market participants a platform for trading in CO2 emission allowances. Within the framework of this cooperation, which was launched in December 2007, Eurex participants can trade the CO2 derivatives products listed on EEX and participate in the EUA auctions through their existing infrastructure thanks to a simplified admission process.