Stock news on the net

The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) and Polish Press Agency (PAP) have signed a contract to create an internet information service for investors on the WSE. The aim of the platform is to bring together in one place information and analysis of Polish and foreign companies listed on the WSE, along with information on their market environment, branches, legal conditions and macroeconomic environment. "This will provide easy, quick and reliable access to facts for investors to help them make investment decisions," said Dariusz Marszałek from the WSE.

Available in Polish and English, the service will be continuously updated by the WSE, PAP and experts from financial institutions, banks, brokerage houses and also by journalists from countries which have firms listed on the WSE. Access will be free, without any need for registration or logging in.

"We would like information about firms' environments to be easily available. Especially for foreign investors who usually have little access to details of the Polish market, and also for Polish investors who sometimes do not know much about companies present on foreign markets," said Marszałek. The board of the WSE hopes that better access to information will contribute to increasing activity on the WSE, which in turn will strengthen the bourse's position in the CEE region.

The service is scheduled to go online in May.