Euro Markets: EUAs slide 4% to end week unchanged as traders cut risk ahead of long weekend

Published 12:26 on April 2, 2026 / Last updated at 06:54 on April 3, 2026 / / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe)

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EU carbon prices ended the holiday-shortened week unchanged after a 4% drop in Thursday driven by selling after the market failed to conclusively breach a technical resistance level, as well as traders offloading risk ahead of a long weekend with energy markets climbing as the US president vowed to hit Iran "very hard" in the coming two weeks.
EU carbon prices ended the holiday-shortened week unchanged after a 4% drop in Thursday driven by selling after the market failed to conclusively breach a technical resistance level, as well as traders offloading risk ahead of a long weekend with energy markets climbing as the US president vowed to hit Iran "very hard" in the coming two weeks.


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