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FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

Trading On The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE): June 2013

Date 02/07/2013

  • The value of total trading in equities on the Main Market was PLN 25.2 billion in June 2013, an increase of 60.0% year on year.
  • The average value of trading per session on the Main Market increased by 46.4% year on year to PLN 1.1 billion in June 2013.
  • The total volume of trading in index futures increased by 3.0% year on year to 1.05 million contracts in June 2013; the incremental volume of trading in index futures year to date decreased by 14.5% from 5.1 million contracts in January-June 2012 to 4.3 million contracts in January-June 2013.
  • The incremental volume of forward transactions in electricity year to date increased by 106.8% year on year.
  • The monthly volume of trading in property rights decreased by 79.2% year on year from 6.1 TWh in June 2012 to 1.3 TWh in June 2013.
  • The total volume of spot and forward transactions in natural gas was 82.9 GWh in June 2013 while the incremental volume was close to 465.4 GWh year to date in 2013.

The Warsaw Stock Exchange publishes June turnover data for the markets operated by the WSE Group.

Equities Market1

Main Market

The value of trading in equities on the Main Market was PLN 25.2 billion in June 2013, an increase of 60.0% year on year. Incremental turnover year to date was PLN 132.2 billion, an increase of 28.8% year on year.

The value of session trading in equities on the Main Market was PLN 22.6 billion in June 2013, an increase of 46.4% year on year. The average value of trading per session increased by 46.4% year on year from PLN 0.8 billion in June 2012 to PLN 1.1 billion in June 2013.

The value of session trading increased by 15.1% year on year from PLN 97.1 billion in January-June 2012 to PLN 111.8 billion in January-June 2013.

The WIG index gained 9.6% year on year and lost 5.7% year to date at the end of June 2013.

NewConnect

The total value of trading on NewConnect was PLN 86.0 million in June 2013, an increase of 11.2% year on year. The incremental value of trading year to date was PLN 496.5 million in January-June 2013, a decrease of 35.8% year on year.

The NCIndex lost 9.4% year to date and 17.9% year on year at the end of June 2013.

Derivative Instruments Market2

Futures contracts: The monthly volume of trading in index futures increased by 3.0% year on year from 1.02 million contracts in June 2012 to 1.05 million contracts in June 2013. The average daily volume increased by 3.0% from 51.1 thousand contracts to 52.7 thousand contracts. The number of open interest in index futures was 104.6 thousand at the end of June 2013, an increase of 6.3% year on year.

The incremental volume of trading in index futures year to date was 4.3 million contracts, a decrease of 14.5% compared to 5.1 million contracts in January-June 2012.

The volume of trading in single-stock futures increased by 54.8% year on year from 38.9 thousand contracts in June 2012 to 60.3 thousand contracts in June 2013.

Options: The volume of trading in WIG20 index options was 91.5 thousand in June 2013, an increase of 40.1% year on year (compared to 65.3 thousand options in June 2012). The incremental volume of trading in options increased by 37.3% from 297.7 thousand options in January-June 2012 to 408.9 thousand options in January-June 2013.

Debt Instruments Market

Catalyst

The issue value of listed series (corporate, municipal and mortgage bonds) stood at PLN 56.4 billion at the end of June 2013 compared to PLN 46.5 billion in June 2012 (an increase of 21.5%). The monthly value of session trading increased by 162.9% from PLN 63.4 million in June 2012 to PLN 166.8 million in June 2013.

Treasury BondSpot Poland

The value of cash transactions on Treasury BondSpot Poland increased by 51.2% year on year to PLN 46.8 billion in June 2013. The value of conditional transactions was PLN 51.4 billion in June 2013 compared to PLN 43.9 billion in June 2012 (an increase of 17.3% year on year).

Structured Instruments Market

Structured products and investment certificates: The aggregate value of trading in structured products and investment certificates increased by 31.4% from PLN 21.5 million in June 2012 to PLN 28.3 million in June 2013. 

ETFs: The value of trading in ETFs was PLN 24.9 million in June 2013 compared to PLN 30.8 million in June 2012 (a decrease of 19.2%).

Commodity Market3

Electricity: The volume of forward transactions on the electricity market reached 6.6 TWh in June 2013, a decrease of 34.3% year on year. The incremental volume of forward transactions in electricity year to date increased by 106.8% year on year. The volume of spot transactions in electricity decreased from 1.7 TWh in June 2012 to 1.5 TWh in June 2013 (a decrease of 13.2%).

Property rights: The monthly volume of trading in property rights decreased by 79.2% year on year from 6.1 TWh in June 2012 to 1.3 TWh in June 2013. The volume of trading in property rights was 27.7 TWh in January-June 2013, a decrease of 18.7% compared to 34.0 TWh in January-June 2012.

Natural gas: The total volume of trading on the gas market was 82.9 GWh in June 2013 (27.9 GWh of spot transactions and 55.1 GWh of forward transactions). The incremental total volume of trading in natural gas year to date was 465.4 GWh in January-June 2013.

The WSE held 20 trading sessions in June 2013, the same number as in June 2012.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Statistics - June 2013

[1] transactions in shares, allotment certificates and subscription rights

[2] the volume of trading in currency futures is calculated on the basis of a trading unit equal to 1,000 contracts as of 1 May 2012 (previously: 10,000 contracts); consequently, the volume of trading in currency futures and the total volume of trading in derivative instruments are not fully comparable to previous periods

[3] transactions on poee WSE EM (until 31 March 2013) and the Polish Power Exchange. The WSE acquired a majority stake in the Polish Power Exchange on 24 February 2012. The gas exchange was opened as a part of PolPX in December 2012.