Last month was highly volatile for the European carbon market. In the initial days of February, the EUAs recorded prices that remained fairly constant, oscillating at around €81. However, in the second part of the month, prices started to decline, concluding the month at €71 and posting “their worst February in nine years” as stated […]
The most recent Commitment of Traders (CoT) report published by the ICE platform revealed that investment funds have reduced their net long positions (long term-short term) to 50,3 million allowances from 58,7 million allowances in the previous week. A similar trend was observed for the TTF gas contracts.
The European carbon market continues its downward trend, with EUAs dropping briefly to €71.15 during trading on Tuesday, a level last seen in December. The market eventually closed at €71.75, reflecting a 2.59% daily decline.
According to a recent paper by Carbon Market Watch and WWF, in 2023 alone, heavy industry received free allowances worth around €40 billion. Furthermore, sectors such as cement, steel and chemicals were over-subsidised, being rewarded with more pollution permits than their actual emissions.
According to a leaked legislative proposal seen by the media, the European Commission plans to simplify and strengthen the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM). Under current legislation, CBAM will be phased in from 2024 and 2034 while gradually replacing free allocation under the EU ETS.
The European carbon market fell along with gas yesterday, maintaining a downtrend that started on Tuesday. EUAs closed at €78.05, marking a 2.79% daily loss, the same decline as in the previous session. This brings prices back to levels last seen a month ago.
The European carbon market dropped below €79 for the first time in almost a month on Tuesday morning, tracking massive declines in gas prices. The TTF front month was trading around 6% lower amid a combination of peace talks, warmer weather and rumours about a possible price cap.
According to ABN AMRO, the third-largest bank in the Netherlands, the bullish sentiment that is currently dominating the carbon market is “mainly driven by the rising uncertainty in the European gas market along with the geopolitical ambiguity surrounding US trade policies.”
The European carbon market reversed early losses to rise modestly on Wednesday, following a similar move in equities and “helped by an afternoon rally in gas” as stated by Carbon Pulse. The EUAs reached an intra-day high of €82,66 before closing at €81,12 and posting a modest daily gain of 0,3%.
Speculators increased their net long positions in EUAs yet again, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released on Wednesday morning by ICE. The future contracts traded by investment funds totalled a net position of 55,5 million allowances as of 31 January, gaining 2,5 million allowances from the previous week. This is the […]