Croatia’s electricity exchange CROPEX traded 1,454,482 MWh in October 2026, up 6.7% from September, while its average day-ahead baseload price rose 31.2% to €226.66/MWh, according to the exchange’s figures. Aggregate turnover was 0.3% higher than in October 2025. The month-on-month price movements were stronger than the year-on-year increase in turnover.
Day-ahead trading accounted for 957,833 MWh of the monthly total, while the intraday market handled 496,649 MWh. Intraday transactions represented about 34% of all energy traded on CROPEX, and average daily day-ahead turnover was 30,897.8 MWh.
The reported average peak price was €220.46/MWh, up 53.2%. The average intraday price rose 31.1% to €229.98/MWh.
Wholesale price risk can affect purchasing costs, hedging requirements and generation revenues even when traded demand is relatively stable. Intraday trading provides within-day adjustments alongside conventional day-ahead procurement and sales. The October outcome underscored the commercial value of careful hourly procurement, cross-border trading access and short-term forecasting as volatility passed through the regional electricity market.
CROPEX has operated a day-ahead market since March 2016 and began operating its intraday market in April 2017. In June 2018, its day-ahead market was coupled through the Croatian-Slovenian border, linking domestic price formation more closely to interconnected European trading conditions.