Ukrainian Energy Exchange is steadily increasing volume of trading in energy resources and is becoming a recognized source of price indicators for energy resources in Ukraine. The growth of the Ukrainian Energy Exchange for 6 months of 2018 took place according to the parameters of trading volumes in terms of natural and financial quantities, number of participants, number of trading sessions and exchange instruments, appeared new directions and sections.

If we consider exchange trade market in terms of individual energy carriers, then the first half of 2018 became more effective than the same period in 2017 in terms of all energy carriers. In particular, sales of natural gas increased by 54% to 103 million cubic meters, liquefied gas by 35% to 80 thousand tons. In the second half of 2017, СE "UEEX" started trades in coal products and as for today managed to win a significant market share and generate representative exchange quotations.

Number of concluded deals grew by 63%. The volume of energy sale and purchase in the material dimension increased 4.4 times, and in monetary terms - by 45% primarily due to the significant volume of trades in coal, natural gas and liquefied gas.

The trend to grow continues in the volume of the market, more and more companies, inspired by the example of the pioneers’ of exchange market success switch to exchange trading. In 2018, Ukrtatnafta began to sell its petroleum products on CE "UEEX".



"We clearly demonstrate how the best international experience and world practices can be embodied in Ukrainian realities for the development of competitive markets, the economy’s unshadowing, formation of national benchmarks and bringing trade relations to the international arena. The results of our work show that we were able to win confidence of market participants and create a sector of competitive relations in the energy markets", - commented the latest achievements of Ukrainian Energy Exchange CEO Oleksandr Kovalenko.