A sell-down following the recent NZU drop-off drove a 12-month high in ACCU trading activity last week – dating back to the same week last year – underpinned by strong compliance demand following the completion of NGERs reporting. As we noted in our last update, significant bid depth has been building at slightly lower levels than the stagnant range seen over the past month, precipitating sizeable activity last week as sellers came down. Elsewhere, LGC prices fell to a new low as REGOs, particularly “below-baseline” crediting, continues to weigh on the market.
RepuTex’s Carbon Weekly report breaks down activity in the Australian exchange-traded and OTC carbon markets (spot and derivatives) over the past week, including key trends and drivers, our latest pricing and benchmarks, and our daily forward curves.
12-month high in traded volumes as NZU-led sell down triggers wave of seasonal compliance buying
Total traded volumes across the Australian exchange-traded and over the counter (OTC) carbon markets surged to 1.7M last week (+1.3M WoW) – a 12-month high dating back to the same week last year (11 November 2024).
The large uptick in activity was underpinned by heavy trading on Thursday, which saw 620k in spot traded volumes reported
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