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VIENNA (dpa-AFX) – The Vienna Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday. The leading Austrian ATX index gained 0.75 percent to 2,210.23 points. The broader ATX Prime increased at a similar rate by 0.72 percent to 1,130.90 units. Investors were more cautious on major European stock exchanges and on Wall Street.
Helaba analysts pointed to a number of uncertain factors. The experts cited “a growing number of infections and the resulting restrictions, disagreement over a new aid package in the United States, the presidential election, concerns about a Brexit without a trade deal and much more.”
In the national stock market, there was a very limited information situation at the company level. Among Vienna heavyweights, Verbund shares rose 3.1 percent. Voestalpine won 1.9 percent. In OMV there was a price increase of 1.5 percent.
Among the most weighted banks, negative signs predominated. Raiffeisen Bank International shareholders had to record 0.7 percent less. Erste Group fell 0.6 percent. Bawag shares, however, rose 1.6 percent.
The most notable price increases were in Zumtobel (plus 4.4 percent) and Semperit (plus 3.9 percent). At the other end of the course list, Agrana (minus 2.8 percent) and FACC (minus 2.5 percent) fell the most ./ste/dkm/APA/he
