16.12.2021
GPW Benchmark Announces New Indices
PRESS RELEASE
- GPW Benchmark has announced the introduction of two new indices in the GPW Indices Family which address the needs of capital market participants: WIG140 and WIG-gry.
WIG140: publication starts on 20 December 2021
The index portfolio will comprise blocks of shares of 140 companies listed on GPW participating in the portfolios of the WIG20, mWIG40 and sWIG80 indices. The index will be a total return index and its value will take into account not only transaction prices but also dividends and pre-emptive rights received from the stocks participating in the index portfolio.
WIG-gry: publication starts on 21 March 2022
This will be a sector sub-index comprised of stocks of companies listed on GPW which participate in the WIG index and are classified in a specific sector of the economy in accordance with the Rules of Sectoral Classification. The index portfolio will include shares of companies in the game producer sector listed on GPW. The index will be a total return index and its value will take into account not only transaction prices but also dividends and pre-emptive rights received from the stocks participating in the index portfolio.
The consolidated text of the Rules of the GPW Indices Family including the new indices is available here.
- Furthermore, GPW Benchmark has announced that the change of the name of the WIG.GAMES index to WIG.GAMES5, communicated on 19 November, has been postponed from 20 December 2021 to 21 March 2022. The change will take place after the revision of the index portfolios scheduled for 18 March 2022. The postponement is due to technical reasons.



