WSE: foreign investors account for 51% of turnover

Foreign investors' activity accounted for 51 percent of the WSE turnover, an increase of 2 pp compared to 2014, followed by domestic institutions responsible for 37 percent of turnover (versus 38 percent in 2014). The share of individual investors declined by 1 pp and stood at 12 percent in H1 2015, the bourse informed. The growing presence of foreign investors is said to be the result of promotion activities carried out by the bourse abroad. Nonetheless, individual investors dominated the NewConnect alternative market, being responsible for 79 percent of turnover, while domestic institutions contributed to 15 percent of turnover, a decline by eight points compared with 2014.