Markets: Analysis
Activity picking up on local market
7 Jul 2015
We saw a flurry of trading yesterday, with about 60,000 NZUs trading over the day. OMFinancial reports:
Carbon ticks along
6 Jul 2015
Carbon had a quiet day on Friday to see out the week. OMFinancial reports:
Spot carbon closes at $6.80
3 Jul 2015
Spot NZUs closed yesterday at $6.80 on 25,000 tonnes. OMFinancial reports:
Quiet day closes at $6.65
30 Jun 2015
A quiet day yesterday saw smalls trading and the market closing at $6.65 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports:
Quiet on local market
26 Jun 2015
Carbon continues to be quiet, with spot NZUs closing at $6.70. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs quiet
23 Jun 2015
Carbon had a quiet day Monday; spot NZUs closed at $6.85. OMFinancial reports:
Busy May sees register handle 42m credits
22 Jun 2015
Forty-two million carbon credits changed hands in New Zealand last month, as emitters finalised their 2014 returns.
Quote of the week
22 Jun 2015
“Even if you drive between here (Auckland) and Huntly you see these lovely beautiful rolling hills, it is green and I don’t take too much truck with people who continually say that we are selling a not-quite-right 100 per cent brand.” - Former New Zealand First, Mauri Pacific, and National Party MP Tau Henare, speaking on TVNZ’s Q&A programme yesterday, confuses green hills with a pure environment.
NZUs hold buyers' interest
22 Jun 2015
Carbon closed at $6.75 Friday, with good interest, and depth both ways. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs corrects slightly but remains a buy
19 Jun 2015
NZUs closed at $6.80 yesterday, correcting slightly from $7.10, but remains firm. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs remain firm
17 Jun 2015
NZUs traded at $7.10 yesterday and closed at $7.05 on Commtrade; well bid and offered into the close. OMFInancial reports:
Spot NZUs equal April's high
15 Jun 2015
Carbon closed at $6.70 on Friday, back at the previous recent high seen on April 8. OMFinancial reports:
Carbon marches higher
11 Jun 2015
Carbon had another lift yesterday, closing at $6.05 on 40k. OMFinancial reports:
Prices continue to rise
10 Jun 2015
Carbon traded up to $5.55 on small volume following yesterday’s big day. OMFinancial reports:
Good volumes of spot NZUs traded
9 Jun 2015
Spot NZUs traded 385,000 tonnes yesterday between $5.30 and $5.55. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs may have bottomed
8 Jun 2015
Spot NZUs traded 70k on Friday to close unchanged at $5.40. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs trade up
5 Jun 2015
It was quite a busy day for NZUs yesterday, with spot carbon closing up 13 cents to $5.40 on 50,000 tonnes.
It's a Mexican stand-off...
27 May 2015
There was no change in spot carbon yesterday, with NZUs fixing at $5.27. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs could go lower, but are still good buying
25 May 2015
Spot carbon traded at $5.15 on Friday. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs trade to six-month low
21 May 2015
Another busy day for spot NZUs, with the market dealing $5.35 in early trading before closing at $5.20 on 150k.
Spot NZUs trade size at $5.40
20 May 2015
OMFinancial traded 100,000 tonnes at $5.40 yesterday suggesting the market is starting to hammer out a base in the mid to low $5s.
Spot NZUs quiet beyond measure
15 May 2015
Spot carbon edged back into the high $5s today, settling at $5.72 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs hit $6.05 on small volume
14 May 2015
Spot NZUs got paid at $6.05 today on very small volume. OMFinancial reports:
Many portfolios in lock-down
8 May 2015
Carbon drifted again yesterday closing at $5.95 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports:
Keep buying the dips
6 May 2015
Spot NZUs traded at $6 yesterday for 15,000 tonnes. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs remain quiet
5 May 2015
A very quiet day for spot NZUs trading a small amount of units and closing unchanged at $6.07. OMFinancial reports:
NZ carbon is domestic at last
4 May 2015
Spot NZUs continue to cling to the $6 level, closing at $6.07 on CommTrade Friday. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs settle at the end of the week
28 Apr 2015
A quiet end to the week for carbon, ahead of a long weekend. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs continue to drift
24 Apr 2015
The market has been fairly quiet since a busy trading session earlier in the week and the market is holding the $6 level for now – last at $6.15. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs have busy day
22 Apr 2015
The market saw a flurry of activity in spot yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs drift slightly lower
21 Apr 2015
Spot NZUs drifted further down yesterday to close at $6.27. OMFinancial reports:
Procurement interest still there
20 Apr 2015
Spot NZUs drifted down on Friday, ending at $6.30 on 60,000 NZUs. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs may head lower in the short-term
17 Apr 2015
You might think we call this market only one way, says OMFinancial:
Quiet day on the market
16 Apr 2015
The market was reasonably quiet overall yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs continue to trade the range
15 Apr 2015
The market saw good two-way interest yesterday.. OMFinancial reports:
Quiet end to the week
13 Apr 2015
It was another quiet day for spot NZUs on Friday, closing at $6.52 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports:
Time for a united front on carbon
10 Apr 2015
It was a quiet day yesterday for spot NZUs, which closed at $6.50 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs well-traded and well-quoted
9 Apr 2015
NZUs traded at $6.50 on reasonable volume yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs remain bid
8 Apr 2015
The market opened at $6.50 yesterday before trading up to $6.60 and closing at $6.70. OMFinancial reports:
Register shows up changes in carbon market
7 Apr 2015
Changes to the New Zealand carbon market are showing up in traffic through the emissions unit register.
NZUs remain bid
7 Apr 2015
NZUs finished the week firm closing at $6.70 on the Thursday before Easter. OMFinancial reports:
Nothing to push this market lower
1 Apr 2015
The Spot NZU market traded and closed at $6.60 yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
Market grinding upwards
31 Mar 2015
A quiet start to the week yesterday, with NZUs closing at $6.57 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports:
Liquidity not far away
30 Mar 2015
NZUs closed at $6.60 on Friday, after opening at $6.50. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs trading a bit in small range
27 Mar 2015
The market is seeing a bit of volume trading around $6.40 to $6.50. OMFinancial reports:
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