2010/12/17

(BN) Green Exchange Handles Record Volume in 2013 EU Carbon Permits

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Green Exchange Handles Record Volume in 2013 EU Carbon Permits
2010-12-17 17:10:02.839 GMT


By Catherine Airlie
Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Green Exchange LLC, a carbon market
owned by CME Group Inc.'s New York Mercantile Exchange, said it
handled record volume in emissions permits for delivery in 2013.

Green Exchange handled 1.85 million metric tons of European
Union emissions permits for December 2013 as of 5 p.m. in
London, Managing Director Henrik Hasselknippe said in a
telephone interview today. That's the highest trading volume
since the exchange started in May, and compares to a volume of
179,000 on the ICE Futures Europe exchange.

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