EEX expands derivatives data offering with new power and UK ETS contracts

The Deutsche Borse-owned exchange group on Thursday said the new contracts and related market data are now available through its EEX Group DataSource products.

“The addition of Belgian Day, Weekend and Week futures, alongside Kansai Day and Weekend base and peak contracts, reflects growing demand for flexible hedging instruments in increasingly dynamic power markets and to address uncertainty arising from renewables integration,” EEX said in a circular.

The launch includes Belgian day, weekend and week power futures, alongside Kansai day and weekend base and peak futures contracts, reflecting growing demand for shorter-dated hedging instruments across increasingly volatile power markets.

At the same time, EEX and environmental markets specialist IncubEx have launched UK Emission Allowance (UKA) futures and options contracts, initially with a December 2026 expiry.

“These new contracts address market demand for enhanced carbon risk hedging options and support both regulatory compliance and price discovery,” EEX said in a circular.

The exchange added that the UK ETS contracts would complement its broader UK power and gas derivatives markets.

Energy and environmental derivatives expansion

The move comes as exchanges continue expanding energy transition-linked derivatives products amid growing volatility across European and Asian power and carbon markets.

On Wednesday, EEX also launched a new market maker programme for German power baseload futures designed to improve on-screen liquidity and tighten bid-ask spreads.

The exchange group said the “Spread Leadership Initiative” would reward participants providing tight spreads and high order book presence, with up to eight firms expected to join the performance-based scheme.

EEX earlier this month also reported that German power futures volumes fell 32% year on year to 394.3TWh in April, while Italian and Dutch power futures volumes declined 33% and 31% respectively amid weaker trading activity across European energy markets.

EEX said market data linked to the new products would be available through its revamped DataSource REST API v2, File Cloud, ExcelTool and Desktop App platforms.

The exchange also noted that the new contracts would not be available through older REST API v1 or sFTP infrastructure.

“Accessing respective market data is key to tracking liquidity shifts, understanding price dynamics, and enables market participants to make informed trading and hedging decisions,” EEX said in the circular.

EEX on May 26 introduced a series of new short-term power futures for the Belgian and the Japanese Kansai power derivatives markets.