Pulp and paper futures on NOREXECO

NOREXECO is a regulated commodity exchange specialised for the global pulp and paper industry; and offers trading in cash settled financial futures. These instruments are used to manage price risk for market participants like producers and consumers as well as being a trading opportunity for financial institutions and commodity trading firms.

Find settlement prices for all products, updated once every minute, by heading to NOREXECO Market Data.

Access the NOREXECO forward curve graph here.

Fastmarkets’ new European spot price assessments for NBSK and BEK now power spot settled futures listed on NOREXECO. These futures contracts provide producers, buyers, traders and banks with a more accurate tool to manage risk in a fast moving market.

What does futures contracts unlock for market participants?

Producers and Buyers

• Hedge closer to realized net exposure and protect margins with greater accuracy
• Use gross and spot references together to benchmark contracts and manage basis.

Traders and Market makers

• Trade short‑term views, spreads and arbitrage with a price that reflects the marginal market level.
• Price risk with confidence and help build market liquidity on an exchange‑listed, transparent instrument.

Banks and Financial institutions

• Benefit from a settlement reference aligned to tradable values at expiry, improving hedging effectiveness, risk modelling, margining and capital allocation.