NASDAQ OMX Commodities is the brand name for the commodities division within the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc, and offers a worldwide suite of commodity related products and services. Our ambition is to be a global leader in energy derivatives and carbon products.
The NASDAQ OMX Commodities offerings include power, natural gas and carbon emission markets and clearing services. NASDAQ OMX Commodities provides access to the world's largest power derivatives exchange and one of Europe's leading carbon markets, through NASDAQ OMX Commodities Europe. NASDAQ OMX Commodities is a trademark of the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
NASDAQ OMX Commodities Europe is a trade name of NASDAQ OMX Oslo ASA which is authorized as a commodity derivatives exchange by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance and supervised by the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority. It holds an exchange license and is responsible for operating all exchange traded products. Al trades with NASDAQ OMX Commodities Europe are subject to clearing with NASDAQ Clearing.
NASDAQ OMX Clearing is the trade name of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB which is authorized and supervised as a multi-asset clearinghouse by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority in Sweden as well as authorized to conduct clearing operation in Norway by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance. NASDAQ OMX Commodities provides clearing services through NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB and its Norwegian branch NASDAQ OMX Oslo, acting as the authorised clearing house.
NASDAQ OMX Commodities has more than 350 members from 18 countries covering a wide range of energy producers, consumers and financial institutions.
Services from NASDAQ OMX Commodities Europe
Members can trade cash-settled derivatives contracts in the Nordic, German, Dutch and UK power markets with futures, forward, option and CfD contracts of up to six years’ duration including contracts for days, weeks, months, quarters and years. Financial power derivatives contracts are used to hedge price risk (guarantee prices and manage risk) in the power market.
The reference price for the power derivatives contracts is the underlying day-ahead price as published by Nord Pool Spot (Nordics), the EEX (Germany), APX ENDEX (Netherlands), and N2EX (UK).
NASDAQ OMX Commodities Europe is the only exchange in the world who offers a full set of instruments consisting of European Union Allowances (EUAs) and Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) contracts through standardized futures, forwards, option and spot contracts.
Clearing services
The clearinghouse enters into financial power contracts and carbon contracts as a contractual counterparty. The clearinghouse assumes liability for covering the future settlement of these contracts, thereby reducing the risk for both buyer and seller. NASDAQ OMX Commodities provides clearing for all standardised contracts traded on the exchange and in the over-the-counter (OTC) market.
Other NASDAQ OMX Commodities offerings:
N2EX is the brand name for NASDAQ OMX Commodities’ and Nord Pool Spot AS’ UK power market. NASDAQ OMX Clearing is the authorised clearinghouse.
NASDAQ OMX Commodities Clearing Company (NOCC) offers clearing of physical power and natural gas contracts within the US.
