Wien Stock Exchange

The Stock Market is one of the most attractive ways in which companies generate capital for themselves. Business houses float shares and this helps them to expand and diversify. The lucrative factor of any stock exchange is the immense liquidity that it provides to investors. It gives them the power to sell securities with rapidity and ease. Among the Major Stock Markets of the World, the Wien Stock Exchange deserves a special mention.

The Wien Stock Exchange (also known as the Vienna Stock Exchange) functions at Vienna, Austria. It is one of the most established exchanges in Eastern and South Eastern Europe. It was founded in1771 by Empress Maria Theresa. It mainly deals with the shares of Austrian and foreign companies.

Wien Stock Exchange is involved in approximately 60%of the Austrian stock trade. It deals with all the listed domestic shares. All trading is conducted electronically at the Wien Stock Exchange. The Exchange at Wien uses the Deutsche Borse's Xetra trading system.

The stocks which are traded at the Wiener Borse Stock Exchange are ATX futures, Austrian government bond futures, American style options and European style ATX options, to name a few.





Wien Stock Exchange is the main sponsor, manager and support of the Budapest Stock Exchange. Both exchanges share common factors like interlinked structures, exchange of stocks and information. This makes the Wiener Borse Stock Exchange one of the Major Stock Markets of the world.

2006 was an excellent year for the Wien Stock Exchange. The ATX or the Austrian traded index continued its series of past successes. On the final trading day, although the ATX was not at the level of the previous years, the ATX performance was excellent by international standards. The good performance could be attributed to reasons like the general stable economy of Austria and the soaring profits, enjoyed at the corporate sector. This makes this exchange one of the indisputable choices within the international Stock Market.