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VIENNA (dpa-AFX) – The Vienna Stock Exchange closed the trading day on Thursday after a change of mood with small price losses. At the end of the session, the leading Austrian ATX index fell a moderate 0.04 percent to 2,215.17 points, having already shown a solid increase of 1.7 percent over the course of the session. The broader ATX Prime Index also posted a meager 0.02 percent drop to 1,133.36 units.
The main European stock exchanges also could not save a positive omen at the finish line. The development of Wall Street was mainly responsible for the significant deterioration in confidence. Profit taking began on the US stock exchanges after the most recent record hunt and there were massive price losses. The Nasdaq Composite on the tech exchange was down nearly five percent.
In the domestic market, there were only a very small number of company-level reports. The night before, the Vienna Stock Exchange announced that the composition of the ATX would remain unchanged for the next few months. However, brickmaker Wienerberger is moving up on the ATX five instead of the BAWAG Group. The trigger was Wienerberger’s largest floating capitalization in the past five days. Wienerberger articles fell 0.3 percent. However, BAWAG shareholders were able to register an increase of 0.9 percent.
On the positive side, there were notable price movements at Andritz (plus 2.3 percent), Frequentis (plus 2.3 percent), Polytec (plus 2.0 percent) and Rosenbauer (plus 2, 6 percent). Agrana (minus 2.5 percent), AT&S (minus 1.6 percent) and Verbund (minus 2.5 percent). / Ste / dkm / APA / nas were under selling pressure
