WSE now offering more currency flexibility, trading for alternative stocks

The Warsaw Stock Exchange will introduce the availability of trading of futures contracts denominated in the British pound, a report in the Polish press said on Monday. “The decision to introduce futures contracts on the British pound is the next step to offering more attractive exchange options for investors. Both futures contracts on currencies, and futures on stocks, are of interest to active participants in the market,” Małgorzata Zaleska, the CEO of the WSE, said. Introduction to trading of futures contracts on the British pound is part of the policy of the WSE aimed at broadening exchange offers and market types for investors. Trading between the British pound and the Polish złoty is the fourth pair in which investors can trade. Also, in addition to the regulated market of shares and derivatives, the alternative stock market ‘NewConnect’ is available for growing companies, and the WSE is developing ‘Catalyst’ – a market for issuers of corporate and municipal bonds, as well as commodity markets.