Week at a glance (April 18 – April 22, 2022) Trading on China’s national Carbon Emissions Allowance (CEA) market grounded to a near complete halt, ending the total weekly volume to an all-time low of 160 tons. Market participants have not had any incentive to trade while waiting for the current compliance cycle’s emission allowance distribution plan to be announced. With negligible volumes, open market transaction prices did not change from the previous week’s closing price...
Week at a glance (April 11 – April 15, 2022) The trading volume of China’s national Carbon Emissions Allowance (CEA) market increased significantly from the previous week to 375,970 tons. Block trades, coming in at a weekly total volume of 375,880 tons, accounted for nearly all of this week’s volume. Open market transaction prices, on a record-low weekly volume of 90 tons, did not change all week, closing at 60.00 yuan/ton ($9.42/ton). The weekly volume-weighted average price for all...
Week at a glance (April 4 – April 8, 2022) The Qingming-Holiday shortened trading week saw activity on China’s national Carbon Emissions Allowance (CEA) market rebounding somewhat from the previous week to 135,045 tons. Block trades came back on Friday from a two-week absence with a volume of 130,000 tons, accounting for nearly all of the week’s volume. Open market transaction prices closed the week at 59.99 yuan/ton ($9.42/ton), a 2.55% increase from the previous week, continuing the...
Week at a glance (March 28 – April 1, 2022) Activity on China’s national Carbon Emissions Allowance (CEA) market dropped 14.9% from the previous week to 69,615 tons. Block trades were absent for the second week in a row. Open market transaction prices closed the week at 58.50 yuan/ton ($9.19/ton), an increase from the previous week of less than 1%. Activities across the nine China certified emission reductions (CCER) markets increased 46.9% from the previous week to a combined total...