Buoyant mood on bourse beckons more firms to float shares on floor

Techmex and Globe Trade Center (GTC), with the latter hoping to collect as much as zł.400 million from the floor, which would make it one of the largest share issues of a private sector company ever in this country. The recent business climate experienced at the WSE has attracted a growing number of companies looking for funding, and the huge demand for debutantes' shares has encouraged larger companies to go public as well. Analysts claim it is just the beginning of a trend that will soon see some truly large share issues being offered, with those of PZU, PKO BP and PGNiG yet to come. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 4-5) K.J.