Stock-listed firms not expected to flee the floor following EU accession

"A few companies will leave the floor, but this will not be a major loss for the bourse," said Marek Świętoń, an analyst at ING Investment Management. He stressed that these will be mainly companies with very low liquidity, which does not attract the interest of institutional investors. Among the potential delisted companies are Stomil Olsztyn and Mitex, whose owners made the decision they will leave last year. Conversely, it is very likely that some of the foreign parent companies controlling Polish firms might decide to enter onto the Warsaw floor. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B7) M.M.