Carbon volume slumps at ECX after Copenhagen

13 Apr 2010

The European Climate Exchange, which has grown rapidly in recent years, suffered an unusual fall in trading volume in March.

Trades in the month fell 16%, relative to March a year ago, reaching 20,700 contracts a day, covering 20.7m tonnes of CO2. February’s average daily volume was 24,155 contracts.

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“At our current funding level, the Commission is under serious strain. We lack the staff and resources necessary to both implement Dodd-Frank and continue to fulfil our pre-Dodd-Frank duties under the Commodity Exchange Act. Without additional funding, the strain will only become worse in July, when much of Dodd-Frank goes into effect.”

The CFTC's Michael Dunn pleads for Congressional support over the regulator's budget.

Carbon volume slumps at ECX after Copenhagen

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