Summary of the session on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. There were emotions

Ashley Davis09/04/2025

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Similarly to the trade war, we observe the dragging of the rope between the US and individual countries on customs duties (retaliation for retaliation), the situation on the stock exchanges looks very similar. Once the sellers of shares prevail, which results in declines (this was the case on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on Monday), and once buyers (unfortunately more often), which translates into strong increases (as on Tuesday). Who was the top on Wednesday?

The day began with 3 % declines for the main WIG20 index. The next minutes gave hope to improve the moods, because before 10 losses were limited to less than 1 percent, but at noon we already observed the daily minima.

In the afternoon an economic bomb arrived. China announced an increase in customs duties to goods from the US to 84 percent. The stock exchange reacted with further declines to this retaliation. Before 14 WIG20 index quotations reached a daily bottom of 2410 points, i.e. 4 percent. on the downside. There was still information of the European Commission about the decision on the European response to Trump's customs, but it did not turn out to be a nail in the casket, because the quotations were slowly growing, making up for earlier losses.

Ultimately, the WIG20 index finished Wednesday's session at the level of 2434 points, i.e. 2.95 percent. on the downside. So it is much below the value before the announcement of Trump's customs announcement on April 2, i.e. 2748 points.

Wednesday's WIG20 index quotations

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For five stock market sessions after Trump's customs, it was the fourth, which was definitely dominated by red. About 75 percent companies around Warsaw lost its value. The discount affected large, medium and small companies.

Sometimes there are declines on the stock exchange, which is accompanied by low investors' activity. It has been very large for several days. They testify to this Turns, which this time amounted to about PLN 1.5 billion. This is the total value of all shares purchase and sale transactions on Wednesday.

Here's how the balance sheet of twenty most important WSE companies:

Companies from the WIG20 index

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All of Europe in red

Not only on the Polish Stock Exchange, the mood of investors was gloomy. It was very similar in other European capitals. This time WIG20 did not stand out specifically neither a plus or a minus.