Leipzig, 10 January 2011

In December, the trading volume on the EEX Spot Market for Natural Gas amounted to 1,567,364 MWh (GASPOOL and NCG market areas) compared to 442,800 MWh in December 2009. The volume included 219,116 MWh traded in the Within-Day Gas product which was launched in March 2010. The Spot Market price for the day-ahead delivery of Natural Gas ranged between EUR 20.00 per MWh and EUR 30.00 per MWh.

The volumes on the Derivatives Market for Natural Gas (GASPOOL and NCG market areas) amounted to 1,349,464 MWh (December 2009: 930,160 MWh). On 30 December 2010, the open interest was 20,040,423 MWh. On 28 December 2010 Natural Gas prices for delivery in 2011 were fixed at EUR 22.65 per MWh (GASPOOL) and EUR 22.69 per MWh (NCG), respectively.

On the EEX Spot Market for CO2 Emission Allowances (EUA) a total of 76,700 EUA was traded on the secondary spot market in December (December 2009: 1,060,590 EUA). During the month, the Carbix (Carbon Index) ranged between EUR 13.60 per EUA and EUR 14.98 per EUA.

The total volume on the EEX Derivatives Market for CO2 Emission Allowances amounted to 13,431,000 EUA traded on the secondary derivatives market (December 2009: 492,000 EUA. The 2011 MidDec future contract settled at EUR 14.17 per EUA on 30 December 2010, and the 2012 future contract at EUR 14.60 per EUA.

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