Individual investors' share in WSE's main market declines
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The share of individual investors in trading on the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) was 18 percent in 2021 (down 6 percentage points y/y). On the NewConnect market, individual investors continued to play a dominant role, accounting for 83 percent of turnover (down 5 percentage points y/y), the exchange said.
"Foreign investors accounted for the largest share of trading on the WSE's main stock market in the first half of 2022. It amounted to 63 percent, up 8 percentage points y/y. This was the highest share in the first half of the year in the last 10 years. Domestic individual investors generated 18 percent of turnover, down 6 percentage points from the previous year. Domestic institutional investors generated 19 percent of turnover, down 2 percentage points from the first half of 2021," the release reads.
On the NewConnect market, individual investors accounted for the largest share of trading in H1 2022. It amounted to 83 percent, down 5 percentage points y/y. Foreign investors generated 6 percent of turnover in the same period, the same as a year ago. Institutions accounted for 11 percent of turnover, 5 percentage points more than in the period a year ago.
