Dutch wholesale prices were little changed on Wednesday morning amid stable supply.

The benchmark front-month contract at the Dutch TTF hub TRNLTTFMc1 inched up by 0.19 euro to 46.20 euros per megawatt hour by 1023 GMT, LSEG data showed.

The January price was 0.27 euro higher at 46.52 euros/MWh.

The British day-ahead contract was 0.75 pence higher at 115.50 pence per therm.

Demand for gas from power plants in north-west Europe is forecast to be higher on cold temperatures, even though wind output is set to strengthen, LSEG analysts said.

Russian gas exports to Europe via Ukraine were stable on Wednesday, data from Gazprom showed. Norwegian exports were slightly higher to continental Europe but down by 4 million cubic metres (mcm) per day to Britain.

Meanwhile, a tariff customers pay to access gas from Germany’s underground storage caverns will rise by a fifth from Jan. 1, system operatorTrading Hub Europe said.

In the European carbon market, CFI2Zc1, the benchmark contract was 0.44 euro higher at 68.57 euros per metric ton.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Nina Chestney)