WIG20 lowest since March 2009

Warsaw Stock Exchange index WIG20 ended Wednesday's session by a decline of 5.87 percent to 1,505.64 points The index was at its lowest level since March 2009.

The WIG index lost 5.5 percent,  mWIG40 fell by 4.6 percent and sWIG80 fell by 5.4 percent.

Turnover on WIG amounted to PLN 1.19 billion, of which PLN 921 million was generated by companies from WIG20.

In WIG20, CCC and JSW share prices dropped at a double-digit rate, all other companies from the index also went down.

(PAP)