Warsaw Stock Exchange is the largest national financial instruments exchange in the region of Central and Eastern Europe and one of the fastest-growing exchanges in Europe. 

The parent entity of the Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie S.A. Group (“the Group”) is Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie Spółka Akcyjna (“WSE”, “the Company”, “the Exchange” or “the parent entity”) with its registered office in Warsaw, ul. Książęca 4.

WSE started operation in 1991 as a company held 100% by the State Treasury. In 2010, the State Treasury arranged a public offering of WSE shares; as a result, shares of the Exchange were newly listed on the WSE Main Market on 9 November 2010.

Warsaw Stock Exchange is the largest national financial instruments exchange in the region of Central and Eastern Europe¹ and one of the fastest-growing exchanges in Europe. The Group offers a wide range of products and services within its trading markets of equity, derivative, debt and structured products, electricity, natural gas, property rights, as well as clearing of transactions, operation of the Register of Certificates of Origin of electricity and sale of market data.

As at 31 December 2013, WSE was a leader in the CEE Region in terms of capitalisation of listed companies, the value of turnover in shares and the volume of turnover in derivatives. The share of WSE in trading in shares in the Region increased from 54.3% in 2012 to 58.5% in 2013². Furthermore, the electricity market comprised of the spot and the forward market operated by the Polish Power Exchange (“PolPX”), was the largest electricity market as measured by the volume of trade in 2013 in the CEE Region.

WSE Milestones

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