Markets: All stories
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:
NZUs trading higher
15 Sep 2015
Yesterday we saw more than over 80,000 NZUs trade between $6.75 and $6.85, with the market closing at $6.85 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs start the week $6.70/6.85
14 Sep 2015
Friday saw some small selling at $6.70. OMFinancial reports:
Local market a little weaker
11 Sep 2015
Spot NZUs have traded small volume at $6.70 this morning. OMFinancial reports:
NZU interest building but prices stagnant
10 Sep 2015
Yesterday’s comments hold true again today; there is good interest on both sides of the market but few are prepared to cross the bid/offer spread. OMFinancial reports:
Carbon holds in the high $6 range
7 Sep 2015
NZUs closed the week with no trade. OMFinancial reports:
Market remains steady
1 Sep 2015
Then thousand NZUs changed hands at $6.80 yesterday. OMFiancial reports:
The spread narrows
28 Aug 2015
Around 60,000 NZUs changed hands between $6.70 and $6.80 yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs open $6.60/$7
26 Aug 2015
Carbon had a quiet day yesterday with no improvement on the opening market of $6.60/$7.00. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs trade at $6.90
21 Aug 2015
Carbon continues to bubble along in the high $6s. OMFinancial repors:
Small volumes trading at $6.80
19 Aug 2015
The market is holding $6.80/6.95,with 5000 units available at each price. OMFinancial reports:
Patient market holds steady
18 Aug 2015
The market was left $6.80/6.90 yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs sit at $6.85
13 Aug 2015
Moribund and range-bound are the two descriptions that loom large for the local carbon market. OMFinancial reports:
Still quiet in local market
12 Aug 2015
NZUs have continued to be very quiet this week, with very few units changing hands. OMFinancial reports:
All quiet on local market
11 Aug 2015
NZUs did not trade here yesterday, and still remain range-bound with a fix/last of $6.85. OMFInancial reports:
Fewer units pass through register
10 Aug 2015
Fewer than four million units passed through the New Zealand register last month – less than half than in July last year.
Local market remains steady
10 Aug 2015
Carbon continues to hold the current range, with some smalls trading at the $6.80 level. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs trade up to $6.95
4 Aug 2015
Two thousand NZUs traded at $6.90 and $6.95 yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
Carbon picks up at end of week
3 Aug 2015
Seventy thousand NZUs traded at $6.85 on Friday - decent volume for what was a mostly quiet week. OMFinancial reports:
NZU left $6.80-6.90
30 Jul 2015
The market was quiet yesterday with small volumes trading. OMFinancial reports:
Light activity on local market
29 Jul 2015
Twenty thousand NZUs changed hands at $6.85 yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
Market unchanged
24 Jul 2015
Another quiet day in carbon with only small volume trading. OMFinancial reports:
May 2016 $8 call options trade at $0.50
22 Jul 2015
Spot NZUs were left 6.80/7.00 on no volume yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
Market gets a bit busier
21 Jul 2015
More NZUs changed hands on Monday than in the entirety of last week. OMFinancial reports:
Carbon consolidates
20 Jul 2015
It was a quiet end to the week on Friday, with no NZUs trading. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs take day off
15 Jul 2015
NZUs did not trade yesterday. It’s a Mexican stand-off between buyers and sellers at this point. OMFinancial reports:
Market firm, and tender passes
14 Jul 2015
NZUs traded $7.05 on Monday, on volume of 15,000. OMFinancial reports:
English off on no-climate-talking tour
13 Jul 2015
Finance Minister Bill English is heading to China – but he has no plans to discuss that country’s moves into carbon trading.
Linking carbon unit values poses major problem
13 Jul 2015
Figuring out how carbon units from different jurisdictions relate to each other is one of the biggest challenges facing the emerging global carbon market.
Carbon price steady after failed quarterly auction
Tue 16 Sep 2025
By Liz Kivi | The carbon price has continued to trade in its familiar moribund range in the high $50s following last week’s failed quarterly auction, with ample supply still trading on the secondary market at about $10 below this year’s $68 auction floor.
