The children had time to grow up, but WIG20 finally reached its former level. Growth in a weak environment and huge turnover
The return to trading on the WSE after the Epiphany was exceptionally positive and brought a continuation of the growth observed at the turn of the year. There was green on the domestic stock exchange despite weaker sentiment on the core stock exchanges. Above-average turnover suggests the use of foreign capital. As a result, WIG20 exceeded the level of 3,300 points, last seen on the chart almost exactly 18 years ago.
Global markets have their own markets and the WSE has theirs – this is how you can summarize Wednesday's trading on January 7, 2026 on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The main indices of the domestic stock exchange were pushing upwards, even though weaker sentiment prevailed in Europe. It is true that the DAX was gaining 0.8% at the end of trading at Książęca Street, but the stock exchange indices in Paris, London, Milan, Madrid and Amsterdam were clearly below the line. Cosmetic increases were observed on Wall Street, where the S&P500 and Nasdaq gained 0.1 and 0.5 percent, respectively.
Against their background, WIG20 looked very good, ending the session with an increase of 1.64%. at the daily maximum of 3,312.10 points. The last time the Polish blue chip index was above 3,300 points was on January 10, 2008, almost exactly 18 years ago. The record from 2007 is less than 19 percent, and since the beginning of the year, WIG20 has already gained over 4 percent in just three sessions.
WIG is breaking historical records day after day. This time after an increase of 1.73%. set a new peak at 122,425.03 points. mWIG40 gained even more (2.11%), which also closed the day at the session maximum (8,649.02 points). This scenario was also repeated by sWIG80 (1.28%), ending the day at 31,034.65 points. Above all, what attracted attention once again this year was the turnover (which did not fall below PLN 2 billion), suggesting the interest of foreign capital.
On Wednesday, shares worth PLN 3.66 billion were traded on the broad market, of which nearly PLN 3.09 billion concerned WIG20 companies. This is one of the largest turnovers in the entire history of the WSE, and all this suggests that abroad may be discounting international efforts to abruptly end the war in Ukraine, or there may be another important reason for such great interest in shares from the Polish stock exchange, which we do not yet know.
On Wednesday, the most traded was in the shares of the largest Polish companies, whose prices, interestingly, were below the mark. We are talking about KGHM (-0.71%), PKO (-0.91%) and Orlen (-0.13%), whose turnover amounted to PLN 546 million, PLN 428 million and PLN 337 million, respectively.
The level of PLN 300 million in turnover was exceeded by PZU (5.05%), and it was also close to Pekao shares (0.85%), where the counter stopped at PLN 298.5 million.
Let us add that the shares of KGHM, PKO and Orlen were the only ones to see declines in WIG20 on Wednesday. However, apart from PZU, spectacular increases also concerned CCC (8.22%), Budimex (7.79%), and strong increases were also observed in the shares of Allegro (4.61%), Kęty (4.51%), Żabka (3.91%), PGE (3.53%), and Orange, mBank and Dino, where the increases also closed above 3%.
Returning to KGHM, let us add that at the beginning of the session the company's shares gained as much as approx. 4%. and cost PLN 309 per share. These are new historical highs set by the copper giant.
On the broader market, Creepy Jar share prices increased the most (37.77%) in response to the early access game StarRupture released by the company, which was well received by players. It is worth paying attention to Auto Partner (6.79%), which presented estimated revenues for December amounting to PLN 322 million and growing by 17.9%. rdr.
The mood on the stock markets is still excellent. Let us remind you that the WSE said goodbye to the old year (in the December 30 session) and welcomed the new year (January 2 session) in a champagne mood. On Monday, during a neutral session for WIG20, other indices broke records. However, the Bankier.pl fear and greed index still remains at a neutral level (as of January 5). Our index is focused on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, but also includes data from the treasury bond market and the activity of Bankier.pl readers, who constitute the largest investor community in Poland. The index takes into account 6 different components, which we describe here.
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