2010/08/25

(BN) LCH.Clearnet Handled 19% of Cleared EU Carbon Market Yesterday

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LCH.Clearnet Handled 19% of Cleared EU Carbon Market Yesterday
2010-08-25 08:50:26.973 GMT


By Mathew Carr
Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd. cleared 3.7
million metric tons of European Union carbon allowances
yesterday, giving it a 19 percent share of the cleared market,
it said today in an e-mailed statement.
Most of the volume was in the December 2010 contract,
LCH.Clearnet said.

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