Vienna Stock Exchange: Mayr-Melnhof and BAWAG on the Rise

OrganizationsOther ♦ Published: March 4, 2020; 21:54 ♦ (Vindobona)

BAWAG Bank, Austria's fourth-largest bank in terms of total assets, rises to become the fifth-largest listed company on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The cartonboard producer Mayr-Melnhof replaces FACC in the ATX.

The five largest companies on the Vienna Stock Exchange are now: Erste Group, OMV, Verbund, Raiffeisen Bank International and, for the first time, BAWAG. / Picture: © Wiener Börse AG / VSE Vienna Stock Exchange

The semi-annual review of the leading Austrian ATX index has again resulted in a change in the composition of the ATX, which will become effective as of Monday, March 23, 2020.

Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG, the world's largest producer of coated recycled cartonboard, will replace the Upper Austrian aircraft component manufacturer FACC AG in the ATX leading index.

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