- Value of session trading on the Main Market in April 2011 up by 22.7% YoY
- Session trading on the Main Market in January-April 2011 up by 35.7% YoY
- Session trading on NewConnect in April almost tripled YoY
- Trading on Treasury BondSpot Poland in January-April 2011 at over PLN 350 billion (up by 453% YoY)
The Warsaw Stock Exchange publishes April turnover data for the markets operated by the WSE Group.
Shares[1]
Main Market
The value of session trading from January to April 2011 (PLN 82.7 billion) was up by 35.7% year on year. The average daily value of trading in the period was over PLN 1 billion, up by 37.3% year on year. The value of trading in April 2011 was PLN 18.8 billion as compared to PLN 15.3 billion in April 2010, an increase of 22.7%; the average value of session trading was up by 29.2% year on year.
The WIG index gained 15.5% year on year as at the end of April 2011.
NewConnect
The value of session trading on NewConnect in April 2011 was up by 193% year on year and stood at PLN 236.6 million. The value of trading in January-April 2011 was PLN 763 million, up by 36.1% year on year. The value of block trades increased considerably to PLN 38.6 million in January-April 2011 as compared to a low PLN 2.4 million in January-April 2010.
The monthly number of debut listings on NewConnect was record-high in April when 15 new companies were listed. In total, 53 new stocks were listed on NewConnect year to date.
The NCIndex gained 1.1% year on year as at the end of April 2011.
Derivative instruments
Futures contracts: The volume of trading in index futures was 4.30 million contracts year to date in 2011 as compared to 4.83 million in January-April 2010. The decrease was due to a lower volume of trading in WIG20 contracts coupled with increasing diversification on the derivatives market with a growing role of trading in share and option contracts. The volume of trading in share contracts continued to grow dynamically. The volume grew by 128.1% year on year in April 2011 and by 102.8% to 221.9 thousand contracts in January-April 2011. The volume of trading in contracts in January-April 2011 was close to 60% of the volume of trading in contracts in all of 2011.
Options: The volume of trading in options was 62.3 thousand contracts in April 2011, an increase of 28.3% year on year. The volume of trading in options in January-April 2011 was up by 48.6% year on year. The number of open interest in options was 107.4 thousand as at the end of April 2011, an increase of 76.4% year on year.
Structured products, investment certificates and ETF
ETF: The value of trading in WIG20 ETF was PLN 24.9 million in April 2011 and PLN 92.4 million year to date.
Structured products and investment certificates: The value of trading in structured products and certificates was PLN 32.9 million (structured products: PLN 22.9 million; investment certificates: PLN 9.9 million). Trading in structured products in January-April 2011 grew by 47.2% and trading in certificates grew by 39% year on year.
Fixed-income instruments
Catalyst
The value of trading on Catalyst was PLN 74.5 million in April 2011 and PLN 368.4 million in January-April 2011, as compared to PLN 122 million in April 2010 and PLN 469.4 million in January-April 2010.
Treasury BondSpot Poland
The value of anonymous transactions in April 2011 doubled year on year while the value of conditional transactions increased from PLN 4.5 billion to PLN 83.3 billion (up by 1,746%). The value of anonymous transactions was PLN 93.7 billion in January-April 2011 (up by 146.4% year on year) and the value of anonymous transactions was PLN 259.5 billion (up by 553.9%).
The WSE held 19 trading sessions in April 2011, one less than in April 2010.
[1] Transactions in shares, allotment certificates and subscription rights