Gas prices jumped 12.09% in a week on the Dutch TTF hub and 6.48% on Bulgaria's Gas Hub Balkan platform, according to data from the ICE exchange and the platform.
On TTF, the rise was in November futures, which are contracts for gas delivered in November. At 11:50 Bulgarian time today, 27 October, they traded at €95.350 per megawatt hour. When trading closed on 20 October, they stood at €85.062.
Yesterday's session ended at €96.681, and today's opened at €95.285.
On Gas Hub Balkan, in the day-ahead segment, where gas is bought for the next day, delivery on 27 October costs €86.78 per megawatt hour. On 20 October the price was €81.50.
The intraday segment trades gas for the same day. The reference price there for today is €86.78 per megawatt hour, and yesterday it closed at €82.77.