Wiener Börse celebrates records: stocks and new listings are booming!

Wiener Börse celebrates records: stocks and new listings are booming!

The Wiener Börse presents itself in the first half of 2025 as a dynamic trading platform that comes up with active trade activity and new listings. According to the current reports of Leadersnet, the ATX Total Return achieved a new record high, which underlines the positive development of the Austrian stock market. The equity sales were 36.94 billion euros in the first half of the year, which corresponds to an increase of over 19 percent compared to the previous year.

Current trends and forecasts

The markets of the Viennese stock exchange increasingly attract international investors. The institutional free float in Prime Market is impressive: 92.3 percent of international investors, including 34 percent on US assets. In comparison, ETF trade rose to over 400 million euros in sales and represented a new half-year high. The range of ETFs has more than doubled and now comprises over 280 products, which further increases the attractiveness of the stock exchange.

The market development of the ATX is remarkable. At the end of June, the index, including dividends, recorded an increase of 26.38 percent and thus exceeded the DAX (20.09 %), Euro Stoxx 50 (8.32 %) and MSCI World (8.59 %). A historical high of the ATX was reached on June 6th with 10,820.43 points, which further confirms the positive trend.

• market capitalization of all companies in Vienna: approx. 153 billion euros.
• bond segment with an increase of 24 percent compared to the previous year by 360 issuers from over 30 countries.
• around 900 international titles from 28 countries are tradable in Vienna.

In the first quarter of 2025, the Viennese stock exchange also reported an increase in stock sales by 30 percent compared to the previous year, with a total volume of 18.5 billion euros. March 21, in particular, was one of the strongest trading days with sales of 1.08 billion euros.

future prospects

Christoph Boschan, CEO of the Vienna Stock Exchange, emphasizes the positive development and appeals to the future government to involve the capital market more in political considerations. This also applies to suggestions for reintroduction of a retention period for securities for tax relief from long -term systems. Such a measure could continue to boost interest in investments.

The general market mood is optimistic because the population in Austria is increasingly investing in securities. Currently, 30 percent of the population have securities, an increase compared to 25 percent in 2022. In summary, it can be seen that with its record sales and new listings, the Vienna Stock Exchange not only consolidates its status as an important financial center in Europe, but also sends a positive signal for investors and companies. The developments and trends indicate that the Viennese stock exchange will continue to grow in the future, not least thanks to the increased interest in investments and the stability of the market, as well as Broker-Test.