It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the London Stock Exchange ICE.

The cost of February futures on the TTF index in the Netherlands rose to $1,101.3 per 1,000 cubic meters.

m to 15:48 Moscow time.

Later, it dropped slightly below the $1,100 mark.

The overall increase in the cost of gas since the beginning of trading is more than 19%.

Earlier, a leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund, a lecturer at the Financial University under the Government of Russia Igor Yushkov, in a conversation with the Economics Today FBA, said that the volatility of gas prices was caused by the activities of traders.