WSE launches two new indices
Warsaw Stock Exchange on Monday launched WIG 50 and WIG 250 indices. WIG 50 portfolio includes stocks of 50 mid-cap companies listed on the WSE Main Market.
The index will eventually replace mWIG40. The WIG250 index is comprised of 250 small-cap stocks listed on the WSE Main Market. Both indices are price indices, which means that their value includes only the prices of transactions concluded in the index stocks excluding dividend income.
“After the launch of WIG30, it is time to rebuild the set of indices of small and medium-sized companies. Their growing role in the Polish economy has an increasing impact on the structure of the WSE market. I am certain that the investors will welcome the new indices, mainly because they represent the position and potential of WSE-listed companies in a practical and holistic manner,” said Adam Maciejewski, President of the Management Board of WSE.
WSE discontinued the publication of the sWIG80 and WIG-Plus indices on 21 March 2014 and will discontinue the publication of the WIG20 and mWIG40 indices at the end of 2015.
