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- The monthly value of trading in shares was PLN 17.8 billion; the volume of trading in derivatives was over 0.8 million instruments.
- The value of session trading on the Main Market in January decreased by 12.6% year on year while the WIG index lost 13.2% over that period.
- The number of session transactions was 1.09 million in January 2012, as compared to 1.11 million in January 2011.
- Continuing high investor interest in currency futures increased the volume of trading in currency futures by 114.7% year on year.
- Treasury BondSpot Poland reported the highest ever monthly value of cash transactions: over PLN 40 billion (+208.2% year on year).
The Warsaw Stock Exchange publishes January turnover data for the markets operated by the WSE Group.
Shares 1)
Main Market
The value of session trading at PLN 17.8 billion in January 2012 was lower than PLN 20.3 billion in January 2010. As the stock exchange indices fell significantly, market activity as measured by the number of session transactions remained similar to that reported a year earlier. The number of transactions at 1.09 million in January 2012 decreased by 1.8% year on year.
The WIG index lost 13.2% year on year and gained 8.9% year to date at the end of January 2012.
NewConnect
The value of session trading was PLN 69.7 million in January 2012, as compared to PLN 217.9 million in January 2011. The number of session transactions decreased from 117.2 thousand in January 2011 to 56.4 thousand in January 2012.
The NCIndex lost 32.6% year on year and 0.7% year to date at the end of January 2012.
Derivative instruments
Futures contracts: The monthly volume of trading in index futures was 0.8 million contracts in January 2012, less than 1.2 million in January 2011, while the number of open interest increased by 9.2% to 121.5 thousand. The volume of trading in single-stock futures in November remained stable at 52.8 thousand in January 2012, as compared to 56.4 thousand in January 2011 (a decrease of 6.3%). In January, the Exchange introduced new futures contracts on shares of two companies, including shares of the WSE. At the end of January, contracts on shares of 20 companies were in trading.
The volume of trading in currency futures grew the most dynamically in January: the volume more than doubled year on year and reached 18.7 thousand contracts in January 2012, which reflected the increased activity of investors observed since mid-2011. The number of open interest in currency futures was over 2.8 thousand at the end of January 2012, an increase of 51.0% year on year.
Options: The volume of trading in options was 35.4 thousand in January 2012, as compared to 86.7 thousand in January 2011.
Structured products, investment certificates and ETF
Structured products and investment certificates: The value of trading in investment certificates and structured products was over PLN 20 million (structured products: PLN 15.0 million; investment certificates: PLN 6.7 million). The value of trading in January 2011 was PLN 25.4 million and PLN 12.1 million, respectively.
ETF: The value of trading in ETFs was PLN 29.0 million in January 2012, an increase of 39.8% compared to PLN 20.8 million traded in January 2011.
Fixed-income instruments
Catalyst
The value of listed bond issues (corporate, municipal and mortgage bonds) was PLN 40.1 billion at the end of January 2012, an increase of 79.8% year on year. The number of transactions was over 2.7 thousand in January 2012, an increase of 34% year on year. The monthly value of session trading was PLN 86.8 million in January 2012, as compared to PLN 49.2 million in January 2011, an increase of 76.6%.
Treasury BondSpot Poland
The monthly value of cash transactions on Treasury BondSpot Poland in January 2012 was the highest ever. The trading value crossed the mark of PLN 40 billion for the very first time and was modestly higher than the previous record of PLN 39.6 billion reported in March 2011. The value of cash transactions increased by 208.2% while the value of conditional transactions increased by 78.4% and reached PLN 49.0 billion.
The WSE held 21 trading sessions in January 2012, one more than in January 2011.
Warsaw Stock Exchange
The Warsaw Stock Exchange is the biggest securities exchange in Central and Eastern Europe. The WSE organises trading on one of the most dynamically growing capital markets in Europe. The WSE operates a regulated market of shares and derivative instruments and the alternative stock market NewConnect for growing companies. The WSE is developing Catalyst, a market for issuers of corporate and municipal bonds, as well as an energy market.
Since 9 November 2010, the WSE is a public company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. For more information visit http://www.gpw.pl
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