Historical day on the WSE. A revolution record was broken

During the Friday session at the main WSE market, a historic trading record of shares was recorded, which amounted to PLN 6.86 billion. The previous record of March 24, 2015 amounted to PLN 6.02 billion. The Warsaw Stock Exchange also announced that the average daily turnover at the session in the past week was PLN 2.95 billion. According to the WSE, the revolution record is the result of revision of index portfolios, which caused intensive rotation of position by global and local investors before the new month.

WSE – summary of the week

Last week also brought increases on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The WIG20 index has gained 2.02 percent, which gives a total of 26.45 percent. growth from the beginning of 2025. The WIG index increased by 1.55 percent, reaching 27.52 percent From January, and MWIG40 has recorded a slight increase by 0.09 percent, which gives 26.77 percent. from the beginning of the year. The smallest companies represented by the SWIG80 index gained 1.02 percent, reaching 21.01 percent. growth from the beginning of this year.

Record WSE in the first quarter of 2025

The Capital Group of the Warsaw Stock Exchange ended the first quarter of 2025 with record financial results. Sales revenues amounted to PLN 132.3 million, which means an increase of 11.9 percent. in an annual basis. The EBITDA result increased by 25.7 percent. Year on year to PLN 54.7 million, and the net profit falling to the shareholders of the dominant unit reached PLN 50.5 million, recording an increase of 27.8 percent. year on year. The stock exchange has maintained a leading position in Europe in terms of the dynamics of turnover growth and liquidity, and also achieved the highest cost efficiency for three years-the Cost-to-Income ratio dropped to 65.8 percent.

The value of session turnover on the main market in the first quarter reached a record level of PLN 111.2 billion, which is an increase of 34.6 percent. year on year. The management of the WSE also proposed a dividend payment of PLN 3.15 per share from profit for 2024, which at the current exchange rate means a dividend rate of 6.6 percent. These results confirm the strong position of the WSE against the background of European parquet parquet and effective cost management in a demanding market environment.

President of the WSE: “The strategy implemented brings the expected results”

The Warsaw Stock Exchange in the first quarter of 2025 maintained a strong position among the leading capital markets of Europe.

– High investors’ activity and favorable boom in the stock market have translated into a record level of the group’s revenue in the first quarter of 2025. High revenues, but also consistent control of operating costs allowed to reduce the COST/INCOM index to 65.8 percent, the lowest for twelve quarters. Already the fourth quarter in a row we record the rate of increasing costs lower than the dynamics of revenues, which positively affects the group’s profitability. This is the best confirmation that the implemented strategy brings the expected results – says Tomasz Bardziłowski, President of the Management Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

The data of the Federation of European Securities Exchange (FESE) shows that the WSE has recorded an increase in session speeds (calculated in euros) by 38.4 percent. year to year, which gave her fourth place among European stock exchanges in terms of growth dynamics. At the same time, the Warsaw Stock Exchange for the next quarter in a row took second position in Europe in terms of liquidity. The rotation rate (Velocity), which is a measure of trading in capitalization, reached 56.6 percent, which confirms the attractiveness of the WSE for both domestic and foreign investors.