Press release 4 November 2009 CLIMATE EXCHANGE PLC Monthly Trading Update for the European Climate Exchange, the Chicago Climate Exchange and the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange Climate Exchange plc, below outlines the trading volumes for the month of October 2009 for the European Climate Exchange (ECX), the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) and the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE). Market Highlights . ECX trading volumes remained strong across all products during October, total 436Mt with an average daily volume of 19.8 Mt. Year to date volumes on the exchange have now surpassed 4 billion tonnes. The EUA Dec-13 futures contract experienced another active month. . Trading in the EUA and CER daily futures continued to grow during October, a total of 12,098 contracts were traded with over a million EUAs trading on 28th October. ECX market share of the total spot market is approaching 25%. . The number of open positions in ECX futures and options increased further and currently stands at 825,877 lots. . Open Interest on CCFE ended the month at 143,458 contracts, representing a 68% increase from the 85,373 contracts at the end of October 2008. . 108,696 contracts traded on CCFE in October, a 229% increase over the 32,999 contracts traded in October 2008. . 27,220 contracts traded on CCX in October, representing an 18% decrease from the 33,013 contracts traded during October 2008, as uncertainty of US climate legislation continues to affect the market. . Following the introduction in the US Senate of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act on September 30th, climate legislation picked up momentum in October as the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a series of hearings on the proposed legislation and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (SC) threw his support behind the bill. Total ECX Products (Contracts*) 2009 2008 Change October 435,930 412,352 5.7% YTD 4,309,908 2,297,822 87.6% Open Interest 825,877 514,139 60.6% *1 contract equal to 1,000 EUAs/CERs ECX EUA Futures Contract 2009 2008 Change October 314,960 324,942 -3.2% YTD 3,180,310 1,656,524 92.0% Open Interest 390,277 251,802 54.99% ECX EUA Options Contract 2009 2008 Change October 14,244 6,535 118.0% YTD 353,933 211,870 67.1% Open Interest 205,994 112,820 82.6% ECX EUA Daily Futures Contract ('Spot') (launched 13 March 2009) 2009 2008 Change October 12,098 - - YTD 47,066 - - ECX CER Futures Contract (launched 14 March 2008) 2009 2008 Change October 87,523 65,675 33.3% YTD 644,895 377,428 70.9% Open Interest 136,817 104,717 30.7% ECX CER Options Contract (launched 16 May 2008) 2009 2008 Change October 6,300 15,200 -58.6% YTD 81,130 52,000 56.0% Open Interest 92,789 44,800 107.1% ECX CER Daily Futures Contract (Spot) (launched 13 March 2009) 2009 2008 Change October 1,030 - - YTD 2,799 - - CCX CFI (Contracts) 2009 2008 Change October 27,220 33,013 -18% YTD 389,606 649,323 -40% CCFE (Contracts) Total CCFE Products 2009 2008 Change October 108,696 32,999 229% YTD 1,216,425 419,094 190% Open Interest 143,458 85,373 68% CCFE SFI and NFI Futures & Options Contracts 2009 2008 Change October 42,315 24,102 76% YTD 489,608 363,739 35% Open Interest 80,276 63,291 27% CCFE Carbon Complex including CFI, RGGI, CCAR and CFI-US 2009 2008 Change October 65,610 8,744 650% YTD 718,997 49,015 1367% Open Interest 55,713 17,444 219% Other CCFE Products including IFEX 2009 2008 Change October 772 153 405% YTD 7,820 6,340 23% Open Interest 7,469 4,638 61% For breakdown of daily trades, please refer to websites as follows: ECX www.ecx.eu CCX www.chicagoclimateexchange.com CCFE www.ccfe.com Richard Sandor, Executive Chairman of Climate Exchange plc, said: "As the U.S. Congress moves forward with consideration of a federal climate law and policymakers internationally work toward progress in Copenhagen, we see building interest in carbon markets as a tool for addressing climate change." Neil Eckert, Chief Executive Officer of Climate Exchange plc, said: "This represents another month of solid progress both at ECX and CCFE. We now enter a critical phase where the spotlight will be Carbon markets during the run up to Copenhagen" 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, 0207 397 8900 Kelton Limited Peter Rigby/Alex Parry, Haggie Financial 0207 417 8989 /07813 808 738 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 futures, options and spot contracts based on CO2 EU allowances (EUAs) traded under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) issued under the Kyoto Protocol. ECX contracts are listed and traded on the ICE Futures electronic platform, offering a central marketplace for emissions trading alongside other energy commodities with standardised contracts and clearing guarantees. ECX/ ICE Futures is the most liquid Exchange for carbon derivatives trading. More than 100 businesses have signed up for direct 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, Inc. 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. Greenhouse gas emission reductions achieved through CCX are the only reductions in North America being achieved through a legally binding compliance regime. 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 the Chicago Climate Exchange, 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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END
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