Major Exchange Shift Extends European Natural Gas Trading Hours

Intercontinental Exchange Inc (ICE) is extending Europe’s natural gas and power trading to 22 hours a day, in a major shift in the European energy markets aimed to align power and gas better with other commodity trading hours amid a surge in open interest in recent years.    ICE has said that the EU benchmark, Dutch TTF, and the UK wholesale gas benchmark futures will trade for much longer than before, beginning February 23, 2026, subject to completion of regulatory and governance processes.   Currently, the Dutch…