Retail investors on the rise on the WSE

Retail investors share in the turnover on the WSE main market increased in H1 by 5 percentage points y/y to 18 percent. The trade is still being dominated by foreign investors, who are responsible for 52 percent of the bourse turnover (down by 2 percentage points). Domestic institutional investor’s share dropped by 3 percentage points to 30 percent. The trading on the small-cap alternative NewConnect market is being run by domestic retail investors, who are responsible for 77 percent of the market turnover (up by 2 percentage points y/y), institutional investors were responsible for 16 percent of the turnover, followed by foreign investors (7 percent).