The domestic benchmark index closes on the last trading day on the Vienna Stock Exchange at 2,780.44 points.
The Vienna Stock Exchange ended the last trading day of the year on Wednesday with a plus, but for the year as a whole, the stock exchange is clearly in the red against the backdrop of the Corona crisis.
The domestic benchmark index ATX rose on Wednesday in a shortened trading session by a small 0.08 percent to 2,780.44 points. The broader ATX Prime also gained 0.08 percent to 1,412.91 points.
However, the ATX fell significantly over the year: Compared to the end of 2019, the share barometer lost 12.76 percent. At the ATX Prime the discount was 12.11 percent.
Traders and market observers unanimously blame the coronavirus pandemic, which had caused turmoil on the stock markets worldwide since the beginning of March, to be responsible for the heavy losses in this stock market year. Unlike in New York or Tokyo, however, the indices in this country were unable to work their way back into the profit zone over the course of the year.
Winner and Loser
By far the biggest winner in the prime market was Semperit. Shares in the protective glove manufacturer increased by 118 percent in the crisis year 2020. Behind them came the papers of Verbund, which posted an annual increase of 56.12 percent.
The biggest losers of the year in the prime market, however, were Kapsch TrafficCom, which fell by 54.36 percent. Addiko lost 39.24 percent and the two titles in the oil industry, OMV and Schoeller-Bleckmann, 34.11 and 38.17 percent respectively.
The two banking heavyweights Erste Group and Raiffeisen also posted clear levies at the end of the month. They each lost around 25 percent of their market value.
DAX in the plus
The German benchmark index closed on Wednesday at 13,718.78 points after having weakened a little after a record the day before. In Frankfurt, trading was shortened until 2 p.m.
The MDAX of mid-sized stocks closed on Wednesday 0.38 percent lower at 30,796.26 points, while the SDAX small-cap stocks index almost stagnated. These two stock market barometers had also reached highs the day before.
Measured at the closing level of 13,249.01 points at the end of 2019, the DAX posted an annual plus of 3.5 percent despite the corona crash in the meantime.
The indices of the second series of stock exchanges did even better during this period: the MDAX of medium-sized stocks managed an increase of 8.8 percent and the SDAX small cap index even posted a gain of 18 percent.
