Carbon prices recover after inaugural auction

Carbon prices recover after inaugural auction
Dan Moskovitz
New Zealand carbon prices are recovering following the inaugural NZ Units auction with a closing price last Friday of $37.60 on Jarden’s CommTrade and $37.43 on competitor platform Carbon Match. The first carbon auction on March 17 under the emissions trading scheme saw prices fall by about $1.50 a tonne, with a recent recovery signalling the beginning of a rebound, according to Jarden’s head of institutional commodities, Nigel Brunel. “The auction clearance rate pulled the market down - not with much volume being tr...