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Important dates

  1990
16.10 Poland and France sign an intergovernmental agreement to create a stock exchange in Warsaw
  1991
12.04 founding act Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie SA (the Warsaw Stock Exchange) signed
16.04

first trading session takes place;
the five companies listed on the Exchange are: Tonsil, Próchnik, Krosno, Kable, Exbud;
trading sessions once a week
10.07 computer system for trade registration introduced
16.07 specialist additional offer (post-auction trading) introduced
1.08 computer settlement system launched
3.09 first issue of the Cedula WSE official daily bulletin
3.12 WSE admitted as a corresponding member to the International Federation of Stock Exchanges (FIBV)
  1992
9.01 second trading session in a week introduced
28.01 first exchange terminals installed at member firms' offices
23.04 first trading session with the use of the IBM AS/400 computer
26.05 first dividend payment of a listed company (Irena) carried out by the WSE depository system
15.06 T-bonds introduced to continuous trading
18.08 KING electronic exchange data distribution system implemented
1.09 T-bonds introduced the single-price auction
  1993
4.01 third trading session in a week introduced
22.04 WSE parallel market launched
1.05 settlement cycle changed from T+4 to T+3
9.06 first share split on the Exchange (Mostostal Export)
5.07 post-auction trading computerised; orders may be entered from exchange terminals during the session
15.07 end-of-day data is via TV teletext
  1994
10.02 first quotation of subscription rights (efekt)
1.03 first allocation of shares through public subscription (Exbud)
8.03 all-time high WIG index value (20 760.3)
16.04 the WIG20 (price index) launched
1.06 real-time information made available via TV teletext
1.07 fourth trading session in a week introduced
3.10 fifth trading session in a week introduced
10.10 WSE becomes a member of the International Federation of Stock Exchanges (FIBV)
7.11 National Depository for Securities (NDS) becomes a separate legal entity, owned jointly by the WSE and the State Treasury
  1995
3.01 WIRR (parallel market index) launched
25.01 first meeting of the Co-ordinating Committee for the New Trading System
20.04 first continuous trading session with the IBM AS/400 and exchange terminals
17.05 first public invitation to subscribe to sell shares listed on the WSE (Indykpol)
12-14.10 Your Money - the First Polish Capital Investment Forum organised by the WSE
18.12 crossing phase introduced to post-auction trading
  1996
15.02 first issue of WSE Monthly Bulletin
6.05 market capitalisation reaches 20 billion zlotys
8.07 first five companies introduced to continuous trading
15.07 NIF certificates listed in the single-price auction system
12.08 NIF certificates introduced to continuous trading
1.10 commercial real-time data distribution system launched
20.12 invitation to tender (request for proposal) for the delivery of a new trading system sent out
  1997
3.02 first publication of the WIG20 index during continuous trading; the 1000th trading session on the WSE
12.02 market capitalisation reaches USD 10 billion; record daily turnover value of 953.8 million zlotys (including block trades)
20.02 first company (Elpo) traded on the WSE free market
1.04 real-time information on the WSE available through Reuters
12.05 180th anniversary of the creation of the first Exchange in Warsaw
21.05 100th company listed on the WSE
12.06 first quotation of the 15 National Investment Funds; the NIF index launched
1.07 NIF shares introduced to continuous trading; the NIF index published for the first time in the continuous trading system
10.07 market capitalisation reaches 40 billion zlotys
25.07 WSE and SBF-Bourse de Paris sign a letter of intent for the delivery of a new trading system
  1998
16.01 WIG20 futures introduced to exchange trading
9.03 first warrants introduced to exchange trading
11.03 year-high WIG index value (18 582.7)
25.03 construction begins of the new Exchange site
30.06 first quotation of Pekao bank, the largest bank on the Exchange
4.08 first quotation of allotment certificates (for BRE shares)
21.08 WSE, SBF-Bourse de Paris and Euronext sign contract for the delivery of the new trading system
15.09 WSE accepted as an affiliate member of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
21.09 the MIDWIG (mid-cap index) launched
25.09 USD futures introduced to exchange trading
18.11 first quotation of TPSA - Polish Telecom, the largest company on the Exchange; market capitalisation exceeds USD 20 billion
28.12 last quotation of NIF certificates
  1999
4.01 trading hours extended, single-price auction begins at 10:00 AM; continuous trading extended by one hour, begins at 12:00 PM and ends at 4:00 PM
11.01 200th company (Skotan) listed on the WSE (free market)
26.03 WIG sector sub-indices launched
31.05 Euro futures introduced to exchange trading May the first 'Exchange School' courses organised by the WSE for beginning investors
4.06 WSE becomes an associate member of the Federation of European Stock Exchanges (FESE)
11.06 market capitalisation exceeds 100 billion zloty
12 and 16.07 WSE signs two memoranda of cooperation and exchange of infor- mation: with the London Stock Exchange on July 12 and with the Paris Bourse on July 16
  2000
Feb Real-time Exchange data become available via vendors on Internet
5.04 First quotation of corporate bonds on Exchange (Issuer Centrum Leasingu i Finansów Clif SA)
28.04 Creation of Segment for Innovative Technologies -SiTech intended for companies from IT-telecom sector (regardless of quotation market whose activities encompass production and services using innovative technologies)
19.05 TechWIG index for WSE Segment for Innovative Technologies introduced
25.05 First investment certificates introduced to trading on Exchange (issuer - Skarbiec-Gwarancja 2002 - closed-end investment fund)
17.11 New WARSAW Stock Exchange Trading System (WARSET) introduced
  2001
22.01 Futures contracts on individual stocks introduced to trading on Exchange: TPSA, ELEKTRIM, PKN ORLEN.
07.02 2000th trading session on Exchange
16.04 Tenth anniversary of Warsaw Stock Exchange
9.08 WSE signs Memorandum of Co-operation with the National Stock Exchange of Lithuania
24.09 American-style warrants introduced to trading on Exchange
22.10 Futures on stocks of another five companies - Agora , KGHM, PEKAO S.A., BRE and PROKOM - introduced to trading on Exchange
26.11 Index participation units on WIG20 index (MiniWIG20) introduced to trading on Exchange
  2002
08.02 WSE signs cross-membership and cross-access agreement with Euronext
18.02 MIDWIG futures introduced to trading on Exchange
25.04. First quotation of convertible bonds on Exchange (Issuer - ComArch)
Sep Resolutions of WSE Supervisory and Management Boards concerning i ntroduction of Best Practices in Public Companies in 2002 (Corporate Governance)
  2003
27.05 Subsription warrants introduced to trading (Netia)
1.09 WSE launched a post-auction trading phase in the continuous trading system.
22.09 Index options launched on the WSE
14.10 First foreign company to be listed on the WSE - Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG
  2004
1.05 A new market structure: official and regulated unofficial market, both governed by separate sets of rules
3.06 WSE became a full member of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE)
15.12 „Best Practices In Public Companies 2005” accepted by the WSE Supervisory and Management Boards
  2005
14.02 T-note futures introduced to exchange trading
11.07 The first remote member of the Exchange starts its activities (Fischer Partners Fondkommission AB)
3.10 New WSE trading session schedule
6.10 Highest session trading voluime for futures: 54,877 contracts
17.10 Stock options debut on the WSE
24.10 Three new Acts regulating the functioning of the Polish capital market came into effect
31.12 WSE ceased NIF index calucation
  2006
23.02 wprowadzenie dodatkowego mechanizmu ograniczeń wahań kursów, tzw. widełki dynamiczne
25.08 Structured products were first quoted. The first products of this kind were structured bonds issued by Deutsche Bank AG London.
25.10 CEZ, the largest company in the Czech Republic and in Central and Eastern Europe was first quoted on the WSE.
06.11 Contract was signed with the first WSE IPO Partner: E-volution Capital, a brokerage house from Kiev, Ukraine.
  2007
18-19.01 The first edition of the Central & Eastern European Market Forum took place. This event is intended for investors, companies and other institutions associated with the stock market.
26.02 Pierwsze Forum Informacji o Spółkach Międzynarodowych
16.03 New rules for computing and qualifying companies to indices came into force. The previous MIDWIG index was replaced by the mWIG40, and the WIRR superseded by the sWIG80
1.04 Segmentation of listed companies was modified and three segments of equities were introduced: 5 PLUS, 50 PLUS and 250 PLUS. The segment labelled 5 PLUS includes shares in companies with a capitalisation of under EUR 50 million; 50 PLUS covers companies with a capitalisation between EUR 50 and 250 million whereas capitalisation of over EUR 250 million puts companies into the segment called 250 PLUS.
9.05 A new online service, designed by the WSE and the Polish Press Agency, was launched at www.WSEInfoSpace.eu. WSEInfoSpace is a business news site with information on Polish and foreign companies listed on the WSE, providing news from markets in Central and Eastern Europe.
30.08 NewConnect, a new market, organised and operated by the WSE, was launched. NewConnect is designed to finance start-ups and new companies with a high growth potential.
12.10 The Warsaw Stock Exchange became a shareholder of the Sibiu Monetary Financial and Commodities Exchange, Sibex (Bursa Monetar Financiara si de Marfuri; Sibiu, Romania).
17.12 Ruszył serwis internetowy o spółkach zagranicznych notowanych na GPW www.wseinternational.eu
20.12 UniCredit, an Italian company and the largest bank in Central and Eastern Europe, made its debut on the WSE, becoming the largest company listed on the Warsaw bourse.
21.12 Highest session turnover on equities - PLN 4.14 billion
  2008
25.06 Opening of the WSE's representation office in the capital of Ukraine - Kiev. The WSE representation is an information centre for prospective issuers and investors in Ukraine interested to raise or invest capital on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
10.07 Closing of WSE's acquisition of 25% of shares of the Ukrainian stock exchange INNEX.
Jul Launch of the Liquidity Support Programme. The Programme was conceived for those companies whose stock is traded at a low liquidity level according to the WSE criteria.
01.09 Change in the trading session schedule. As of 1 September, trading sessions start at 9:00 a.m. on the equities market (continuous trading) and at 8:30 on the derivative instruments market.
  2009
11.03 Acquisition by the WSE of 61.31 percent of shares of MTS CeTO. WSE holds 92.47 percent of the share capital of MTS-CeTO.
30.09 CATALYST - the first organized market in debt securities in Poland and a unique such market in Central and Eastern Europe

 

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