Markets: All stories
Good market interest
18 Nov 2013
Friday saw a continuation of the activity in spot NZUs, with the market trading $3.15 on good volume. OMFinancial reports:
Why it's important that we do our bit
15 Nov 2013
With COP19 under way in Warsaw, CARBON MARKET SOLUTIONS looks at the background to international climate change agreements:
Buyers get interested
15 Nov 2013
The local market was sold down yesterday starting off at $3.25 and hitting $3.10 before closing $3.15 bid. OMFinacial reports:
Still bull...
14 Nov 2013
The market traded $3.30 yesterday, with the volume again from post-1989 switchers. OMFinancial reports:
Buy, bank, and hold....
13 Nov 2013
Despite the market having peeled off from the high $4s to the low $3s, we are not bearish. OMFinancial reports:
Stand-off in NZU market
12 Nov 2013
The NZU fixed at $3.50 yesterday on the back of some light trading at the close of the day. OMFinancial reports.
Market needs to get a move on
8 Nov 2013
The New Zealand carbon market was quiet yesterday with little in the way of NZU trading and fairly light in ERU trades. OMFinancial reports:
Market continues to decline
7 Nov 2013
The New Zealand carbon market continued its declines yesterday, with around 100,000 tonnes going though OMF at $3.45. OMFinancial reports:
Choppy market in Europe
5 Nov 2013
The market was very quiet yesterday, with very little interest from both the buy side and the sell side of the market to cross the spread. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs snapped up in mid-$3s
4 Nov 2013
Spot NZUs closed at $3.53 on Friday after trading down through $3.60 earlier in the day, OMFinancial reports.
Pre-1990 forest owners back in the market for NZUs
1 Nov 2013
Spot NZUs fixed at $3.70 yesterday, with little change in the tone, OMFinancial reports.
Still a buy....
31 Oct 2013
A quiet day yesterday, with spot NZUs marked at $3.65, OMFinancial says.
Post-1989-ers leading the charge
30 Oct 2013
Spot NZUs are lower, but well bid and offered at current levels, OMFinancial reports.
Expect prices to grind this week
29 Oct 2013
The NZU spot market traded down to $3.70 on good volume Friday, OMFinancial reports.
Islands have three-pronged approach to climate change
25 Oct 2013
Carbon Market Solutions chief WAYNE KING continues his analysis of ways in which climate change is being addressed in the Pacific:
Yes, Minister, prices will rise....
25 Oct 2013
A Ministry for the Environment report showing that New Zealand's emissions are set to rise 50 per cent by 2040 means net emissions are set to reach 90 million tonnes in 2040, while the Government is targeting 30 million tonnes by 2050.
Market quiet now below $4
24 Oct 2013
Spot NZUs held the $3.80 level yesterday, fixing at $3.82 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports.
Nonchalant buyers and disinterested sellers
23 Oct 2013
History doesn’t repeat, it rhymes - and that probably sums up the NZU market at present, OMFinancial reports.
Cheap at these levels
22 Oct 2013
Spot NZUs closed at $3.90 yesterday on CommTrade, OMFinancial reports.
Don't sit back and wait for auction...
21 Oct 2013
Spot NZUs finished under $4 for the first time in six weeks, OMFinancial reports.
Back below $4
18 Oct 2013
NZUs edged under $4 yesterday, finishing the day at $3.95, OMFinancial reports.
Rally continues at home and abroad
17 Oct 2013
Good volume is trading through NZUs at present, with a bid at $4 soaking it up, OMFinancial reports.
Buyers ambivilent about NZUs
16 Oct 2013
Spot NZUs traded $4 on the close last night, OMFinancial reports.
Spot NZUs get active
15 Oct 2013
We saw some good two-way activity with spot NZUs yesterday, with buyers stepping in at $4.20 and to meet the fresh selling in the market, OMFinancial reports.
Large sellers absent from market
14 Oct 2013
NZUs finished closed at $4.25 on CommTrade on Friday, OMFinancial reports.
International update
11 Oct 2013
Westpac's carbon analysts cast their eyes across the international carbon markets.
Why the Government might not auction units
11 Oct 2013
The Government has been very quiet on the whole auctioning process, and the market belives it's just a matter of time before it does auction enough NZUs to placate all buyers, says OMFinancial
NZU-EUR spread widens
10 Oct 2013
The NZU market has seen a consolidation in prices around the $NZ4.00 level, while any flow coming to market is dictating short-term market direction of NZUs in what remains an illiquid market, Westpac reports.
Switching where the action is
10 Oct 2013
The local market continued to consolidate yesterday around the $4.20 mark, OMFinancial reports.
Flow of credits from small sellers
9 Oct 2013
The local market traded up to $4.30 yesterday on light volume, OMFinancial reports.
Chance to buy 'decent' volumes of NZUs
8 Oct 2013
NZUs traded at $4.20 yesterday, with some volume starting to appear on both sides, OMFinancial reports.
Still a good time to buy
7 Oct 2013
NZUs held the $4 level last week, finishing at $4.20, OMFinancial reports.
Govt still silent on auctioning credits
4 Oct 2013
The Government says it has made no decisions yet on the auctioning of carbon credits.
What is NZ doing to help Pacific?
4 Oct 2013
CARBON MARKET SOLUTIONS continues its look at what New Zealand is doing to help its Pacific island neighbours adapt to climate change:
NZUs sell in the low $4 range
4 Oct 2013
The New Zealand NZU market continued to consolidate yesterday in the low $4.00 region. OMFinancial reports:
Europe shows where we're heading
3 Oct 2013
NZUs seem to have consolidated in the low-$4 region, and look to be setting a short-term base here, OMFinancial reports.
Market down on light volume
2 Oct 2013
Once again, the domestic NZU market was a little soft yesterday, due to the demand side of the market getting a little thin, OMFinancial reports.
Lack of motivation on domestic market
1 Oct 2013
It was a quiet day yesterday, with very little action in our domestic carbon markets, OMFinancial reports.
Small action in the market
30 Sep 2013
It was a quiet day on Friday, with some small action in spot NZUs and ERUs, OMFinancial reports.
Market watches and waits
27 Sep 2013
Spot NZUs consolidated yesterday at $4.50. OMFinancial reports:
Quiet day for market
25 Sep 2013
A quiet day for spot NZUs, and the market felt more offered than bid at current levels, OMFinancial reports.
Buy the dips
25 Sep 2013
Before even contemplating supply in the carbon market, you have to ask yourself this question: what is the purpose for having an ETS?
Carbon News publishes ten-year NZU forward curve
10 Dec 2025
Carbon News has published a new ten-year NZU forward curve mapping how carbon prices could evolve through to 2035 under a range of policy and market conditions.
