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European Union carbon permits pared losses as Germany and other regulators said trading registries that track ownership of the allowances may have been attacked by a computer virus named Nimkey.
EU permits for spot delivery declined 5 cents, or 0.3 percent, to 15.05 euros ($19.91) a metric ton on the BlueNext exchange in Paris. They earlier dropped to 14.90 euros a ton, the lowest level since Nov. 23. They rose 0.8 percent in the week and 22 percent so far this year.
Germanys registry said it blocked transactions until Dec. 3, after reports that access data were stolen from users of other European emissions trading registries with the help of Nimkey, a so-called Trojan virus, according to the website of DEHSt, the registry in Berlin. The EU carbon market is the worlds biggest.
Any blockage of the nations registry during Dec. 1 would probably cause
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