Following the ranking, drawn up as of 8 December 2006, the composition of the above mentioned indices will be changed:
- CEZ, MOSTALZAB and allotment certificates of SKOTAN, LENTEX and MOSTALZAB companies will supplement the WIG index,
- SKOTAN, LUBAWA, INTERFERI, NAFTA, TETA, FAM, 7BULLS and ENERGOPLD will be moved from the WIRR index to the WIG index and PEPEES, MOSTALEXP, SWISSMED, MNI, BMPAG, PROSPER, NORTCOAST and ATLANTAPL will be moved from the WIG index to the WIRR index,
- ELEKTRIM company will be removed from the WIG index and ELMONTWAR company from the WIRR index,
- ECARD, OPTIMUS and PCGUARD and allotment certificates of SWARZEDZ company will supplement the WIRR index,
- 7BULLS, FAM, INTERFERI, LUBAWA, MOSTALZAB, NOVITUS, ODLEWNIE, PERMEDIA, PONARFEN, SKOTAN and allotment certificates of MOSTALZAB, LENTEX and SKOTAN companies will enter and BEDZIN, EUROFILMS, ELEKTRIM, HYDROTOR, HYPERION, NETMEDIA and UNIMIL will be removed from the WIG-PL index.
The participation of PKOBP company’s share in the WIG and the WIG-PL portfolios will be limited to 10% and the banking sector to 30 %. The weighting of each company in a given index is determined by the number of free float shares.
Quarterly revision of the WIG index will be accompanied by quarterly revision of sector sub-indices.
All the above mentioned changes in indices’ portfolios will be effective after close of business on 15 December, 2006.
The Warsaw Stock Exchange computes 13 different indices, including WIG20 (blue-chip companies), MIDWIG (mid-cap companies) and TechWIG (innovative technologies companies), which are underlying instruments for futures contracts. Other indices: WIG (main market companies), WIRR (small companies) and WIG-PL (main market domestic companies) are all-share benchmark indices.
All the WSE index selection criteria are based on free float, liquidity and observance of corporate governance.
Additional information concerning the WSE indices, their methodology, selection criteria and portfolio composition are available at www.wse.com.pl