Markets: Analysis
Carbon closes at $8.20
27 Nov 2015
Carbon remained well bid yesterday, closing at $8.20. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs smash through $8 to a high of $8.20
26 Nov 2015
Yesterday’s offer for 143,000 NZUs at $8 was cleaned out early afternoon. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs continue their climb
25 Nov 2015
We traded small volume at $7.85 yesterday, and have cleared $7.90 today. OMFinancial reports:
$8 looking better by the day
24 Nov 2015
NZUs traded at $7.80 yesterday on good volume. OMFinancial reports:
Rising sea levels ... we've been there before
23 Nov 2015
Rising sea levels have been in the news lately, with the release of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report into their likely impact on New Zealand. But while we tend to think of our coastline as fixed, it is anything but.
Volume available at $8
20 Nov 2015
Forty thousand NZUs traded between $7.70 and $7.75 yesterday, and we have opened this morning $7.60/7.85. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs trade up to $7.65
19 Nov 2015
NZUs traded 20k yesterday, closing at $7.65. OMFinancial reports:
Interest in call options grows
11 Nov 2015
NZUs firmed up yesterday, last trading at $7.25.OMFinancial reports:
Carbon on target for $8 by year-end
9 Nov 2015
NZUs closed at $7.25 on Friday, after hitting $7.30 earlier in the week on very good volumes. OMFinancial reports:
Lack of selling suggests a move to the upside
4 Nov 2015
NZUs closed at $7.20 yesterday, with small volume trading there. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs snap higher to $7.30
3 Nov 2015
NZUs closed at $7.07 yesterday on no trade, but this morning snapped higher with spot NZUs trading up to $7.30 on 45,000 tonnes. OMFinancial reports:
Charles calls for switch to low carbon investment
2 Nov 2015
Prince Charles urges investors to play a key role as future-makers by pressuring governments to take decisive action on climate change.
Market sits at $7
28 Oct 2015
NZUs settled $7.00 yesterday on reasonable volume. OMFInancial reports:
Domestic market takes a little breather
27 Oct 2015
NZUs settled $7.05 on Friday on no trade. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs settle at $7.05
22 Oct 2015
NZUs have continued to firm up, with the market opening $7.00/7.10 today - 100,000 a side. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs settle $6.90
21 Oct 2015
NZUs settled $6.90 yesterday for the third consecutive day. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs settle $6.90
20 Oct 2015
NZUs settled at $6.90 yesterday with smalls trading at that level. OMFinancial reports:
TPP has good news for environment
19 Oct 2015
Certification that goods are sustainably produced will become more common under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, Environment Minister Nick Smith has told Parliament.
Market likely to stay well-supported
19 Oct 2015
NZUs settled at $6.90 with no trade on Friday. OMFinancial reports:
No trading yesterday
16 Oct 2015
NZUs settled at $6.90 with no trade yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
Local market liquidity improves
15 Oct 2015
NZUs settled at $6.90 with no trade yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
Big buy-order would push us to $7
14 Oct 2015
NZUs traded at $6.95 yesterday, the highest price we have seen for some time. OMFinancial reports.
NZUs settle $6.82
13 Oct 2015
NZUs did not trade yesterday, with the market settling at $6.82. OMFinancial reports:
Worried health workers call for climate action
12 Oct 2015
Tens of thousands of New Zealand health workers are calling for New Zealand to take urgent action on climate change, which they say is a critical health issue.
NZ gives to help stop destruction of oceans
12 Oct 2015
New Zealand will contribute $1.8 million to help Pacific island nations to build resilience to ocean acidification as a result of climate change.
NZUs settle $6.75
8 Oct 2015
NZUs did not trade yesterday, with the market settling at $6.75. OMFinancial reports:
Interest picking up on local market
7 Oct 2015
Yesterday we traded reasonable volume between $6.75 and $6.85. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs settle at $6.80
6 Oct 2015
Just under 20,000 NZUs changed hands yesterday, with the market closing at $6.80. OMFinancial reports:
Climate threatens Pacific with seesaw sea levels
5 Oct 2015
Scientists say coasts and communities in the Pacific region face more extreme weather hazards as climate change magnifies the devastating El Niño effect.
Decent volume both sides of the market
5 Oct 2015
NZUs traded 10,000 tonnes at $6.75 on Friday. OMFinancial reports:
Market edges higher
2 Oct 2015
NZUs didn’t trade yesterday, despite two-way interesting continuing to build. OMFinancial reports:
Fourth quarter may bring fresh interest
1 Oct 2015
Five thousand NZUs traded at $6.75 yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs settle at $6.67
30 Sep 2015
We saw no trade in carbon yesterday, despite healthy two-way interest on-screen. OMFinancial reports:
Appetite to accumulate NZUs at these prices
29 Sep 2015
Fifteen thousand NZUs changed hands at $6.65 yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
UN offers Kyoto credits direct to public
28 Sep 2015
The United Nations is offering Kyoto-compliant carbon credits directly to the public.
Prices down, but volume up
28 Sep 2015
Action in the carbon market increased last week, with volume improving. OMFinancial reports:
Lots on offer, but patchy biddiing
25 Sep 2015
The pendulum has swung, with the market feeling softer than it has for some time. OMFinancial reports:
$6.50 holding as the low
24 Sep 2015
NZUs settled $6.55 yesterday, with only small volume trading. OMFinancial reports:
Market in drift mode
22 Sep 2015
NZUs settled at $6.67 yesterday and remain in drift mode, with little interest being shown by buyers or sellers. OMFinancial reports:
Market trading sideways
18 Sep 2015
Today we are 6.70/6.80, with modest volume either side of the market. OMFinancial reports:
Market a little quiet
17 Sep 2015
NZUs did not trade yesterday, and today we have opened $6.70/6.75. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs trade $6.75
16 Sep 2015
Ten thousand NZUs changed hands at $6.75 yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
Local council shakeup will weaken environmental protection, say critics
Wed 26 Nov 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government’s sweeping overhaul of local councils threatens to erode hard-won environmental protections, warning that stripping regional councils of directly elected governance will weaken oversight of freshwater, biodiversity and land-use decisions.
‘Highly uncertain’ ETS hampers Genesis biomass plans
Fri 28 Nov 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | “Highly uncertain” New Zealand carbon prices and market settings are identified as a commercial threat by Genesis Energy to its planned use of biomass to replace coal and gas at its Huntly power station by 2028.
Marex invests in methane-busting biotech, hopes to kickstart NZ methane credits
Thu 27 Nov 2025
By Liz Kivi | NASDAQ-listed financial services group Marex has taken a minority stake in Ruminant Biotech, an Auckland-based agritech startup, with a view to kick-starting Marex’s methane-based carbon credits trading business in New Zealand.
Mounting emissions due to Government decisions
20 Nov 2025
By Liz Kivi | The Coalition Government’s climate policies have added a whopping 26 million tonnes of emissions out to 2030, according to new analysis of Government projections.
Christchurch Airport boasts world-first liquid-hydrogen refuelling for test aircraft
30 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | Local companies working on hydrogen-electric flight have made ‘a significant step forward’ in successfully filling aviation tanks with liquid hydrogen produced and stored on-site at an international airport for the first time.
Indigenous land cover shrinking as urban areas expand
Mon 24 Nov 2025
Indigenous land cover in Aotearoa New Zealand has continued its long-term decline, with new figures from Stats NZ revealing a further loss of native ecosystems as urban development and industrial activity increase.
Investors must support positive climate-tech
Fri 28 Nov 2025
OPINION: We need better leadership than the current ‘climate opportunism’ that is rife in the Beehive, and we need to back a marketplace that will make it happen, writes Rob Campbell.
