As expected, March brought a sharp decrease of trade volume at the Warsaw Stock Exchange, as it posted operational profits of just PLN 19.2m last month, compared to PLN 23.9m in the same period of 2011. Business wasn’t as brisk in January and February this year either as they were a year ago, producing earnings of PLN 54.9m, down 14 percent from what the bourse recorded in 2011. The WIG20 index, made up of the the bourse’s most liquid offerings, fell 15.3 percent in March, though overall for 2012 its gained 9.8 percent.
