While the prices at the Spot Market sank by 3.3% to 28,52 Euro/MWh yearly average in 2004 (29,49 Euro/MWh in 2003), a price increase of 1.4% was determined on the De-rivatives Market for the base load year future 2005. Here the price for a base load delivery during the entire year 2005 increased from 32,82 Euro/MWh on the first trading day (2. January 2004) to 33,28 Euro/MWh on the last trading day (29. December 2004).
A total of 123 companies from 16 different countries currently participate in the exchange’s price determination process. A good half of these exchange participants has its seat outside of Germany.