- The total value of trading in shares on the Main Market reached PLN 12.8 billion in April 2012, down by 36.8% year on year.
- The volume of trading in derivative instruments was 0.8 million instruments, down by 14% year on year.
- The incremental value of session trading in shares was PLN 67.4 billion year to date in 2012, as compared to PLN 82.7 billion in 2011, down by 18.4%.
- Cash transactions on Treasury Bondspot Poland in April increased by 52.0% year on year and reached PLN 32.9 billion.
- Spot transactions on the WSE electricity markets reached 7.52 TWh year to date, as compared to 7.07 TWh in 2011 (up by 6.3%), while trading in property rights increased by 11.5%.
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 was PLN 12.5 billion, down by 33.4% as compared to PLN 18.8 billion in April 2011. Market activity as measured by the number of session transactions was 0.88 million, a decrease of 20% compared to April 2011. Incremental market activity was 4.39 million transactions year to date, as compared to 4.72 million in January-April 2011.
The WIG index lost 19.5% year on year and gained 7.1% year to date at the end of April 2012.
NewConnect
The value of session trading was PLN 118.7 million in April 2012, a decrease of almost 50% as compared to PLN 236.6 million in April 2011. The number of session transactions decreased to 69.2 thousand in April 2012 from 116.2 thousand in April 2011.
The NCIndex lost 31.6% year on year and 2.2% year to date at the end of April 2012.
Derivative instruments
Futures contracts: The monthly volume of trading in index futures was 0.7 million contracts, less than 0.8 million in April 2011. The incremental volume of trading year to date was 3.1 million, as compared to 4.3 million a year earlier. The volume of trading in single-stock futures (38.3 thousand) was lower than in April 2011 (47.2 thousand). The volume of trading in currency futures continued to grow very dynamically year on year. Trading in currency futures grew by 57.5% year on year to 12.8 thousand in April 2012. The incremental volume of trading in currency futures was over 70.3 thousand in January-April 2012, an increase of 87.3% year on year.
Options: The volume of trading in index options was 33.4 thousand in April 2012, a decrease of 46.4% compared to April 2011. The incremental volume of trading year to date was 176.3 thousand. The trading volume was 62.3 thousand in April 2011 and 334.8 thousand in January-April 2011.
Structured products, investment certificates and ETF
Structured products and investment certificates: The value of trading in structured products and investment certificates was PLN 13.9 million, a decrease of 58% compared to April 2011 (PLN 32.9 million).
ETF: The value of trading in ETFs was PLN 18.7 million in April 2012, as compared to PLN 24.9 million in April 2011. The incremental value of trading in ETFs year to date was PLN 108.2 million, an increase of 17.2% compared to January-April 2011.
Debt instruments
Catalyst
The monthly value of session trading was PLN 82.2 million, as compared to PLN 74.6 million in April 2011 (an increase of 10.3%). Session trading in January-April 2012 was PLN 661.9 million, an increase of 79.7% year on year.
The nominal value of listed instruments (corporate, municipal and mortgage bonds) was PLN 41.5 billion at the end of April 2012, an increase of 65.3% year on year. The number of transactions in April (3.2 thousand) increased 31.3% year on year.
Treasury BondSpot Poland
Treasury BondSpot Poland continued to report double-digit year-on-year growth of the value of cash transactions. The monthly trading value was PLN 32.9 billion (an increase of 52.0% year on year) and the incremental trading value in January-April was over PLN 150 billion, an increase of 61.3% compared to January-April 2011. The value of conditional transactions in January-April 2012 decreased year on year and stood at PLN 53.8 billion.
Electricity and property rights 2)
Electricity: Spot transactions on the WSE Group electricity markets reached 1.83 TWh in April 2012, as compared to 1.90 TWh in April 2011. Futures transactions (3.96 TWh) decreased compared to April 2011 (11.70 TWh). Spot transactions year to date reached 7.52 TWh, an increase by 6.3% year on year.
Property rights: The monthly volume of transactions in property rights reached 4.42 TWh, an increase of 80.4% compared to April 2011. The trading volume year to date increased by 11.5% and reached 22.60 TWh.
The WSE held 19 trading sessions in April 2012, the same as in April 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
1) – transactions in shares, allotment certificates and subscription rights
2) – transactions on poee WSE EM and the Polish Power Exchange. The WSE acquired a majority stake in the Polish Power Exchange on 24 February 2012