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Austrian Traded Index Top Performer In The Year 2004

Date 26/01/2005

As in the past few years, the ATX outperformed international peers again in 2004. At a year-on-year plus of over 57 percent, the domestic stock index performed much better in 2004 than leading international indices such as Dow Jones, FTSE and the DAX. The growing significance of the CEE economic region as an investment opportunity region is highlighted by the excellent performance of the Hungarian leading index BUX (+ 57 percent).

Performance comparison Ultimo 2003- Ultimo 2004

The performance was computed on the basis of the respective closing prices on 30 December 2003 and 30 December 2004.

Index 30 Dec 2003 30 Dec 2004 Performance in %
Austrian Traded Index 1,545.15 2,431.38 57.36
BUX (Hungary) 9,379.99 14,742.57 57.17
FTSE (Great Britain) 4,476.90 4,814.30 7.54
CAC40 (France) 3,557.90 3,821.16 7.40
DAX (Germany) 3,965.16 4,256.08 7.34
SMI (Switzerland) 5,487.80 5,695.20 3.78
DJI (USA) 10,453.92 10,783.01 3.15

Performance comparison Ultimo 2000- Ultimo 2004

In a long-term comparison, the indices ATX and BUX were also clearly ahead of the others. The performance statistics are available in PDF format (file 17 KB).
The performance was computed on the basis of the respective closing prices on 30 December 2000 and 30 December 2004.

Index 28 Dec 2000 30 Dec 2004 Performance in %
Austrian Traded Index 1,073.30 2,431.38 126.53
BUX (Hungary) 7,795.46 14,742.57 89.12
DJI (USA) 10,868.76 10,783.01 -0.79
FTSE (Great Britain) 6,223.20 4,814.30 -22.64
SMI (Switzerland) 8,135.40 5,695.20 -29.99
DAX (Germany) 6,371.64 4,256.08 -33.20
CAC40 (France) 5,920.60 3,821.16 -35.46

Top performer prime market 2004

The greatest gainer of all stocks in the prime market was S&T System Integration & Technology Distribution AG with 164.71 percent.

 Rang  Unternehmen  Performance in %
 1.  S&T 164.71 
 2.  Investkredit 152.02 
 3.  VA Technologie 128.43 
 4.  BWT 88.24 
 5.  OMV 87.75 
 6.  Palfinger 85.22 
 7.  BETandWIN 82.26 
 8.  Schoeller-Bleckmann 77.24 
 9.  Verbund Kat. A 77.00 
 10.  voestalpine 76.93