Total Bourse wealth added 1.47bn euros last year

Total Bourse wealth, including listed stock, bonds and the other securities registered with the Central Depository, in 2010 climbed from 73.8bn RON (17.3bn euros) to 80.28bn RON (18.8bn euros), in line with data the Central Depository published yesterday.

The data are in line with the 2010 trend of the BSE, whose capitalisation rose by around 9.4%, or around 4.8bn RON (1.12bn euros).
Another statistical report, published by the Investor Compensation Fund (FCI) at the end of last week, shows the overall value of portfolios held by investors with brokerages and domestic banks (members of the fund) last year went up from 11.5bn TON (2.7bn euros) to 16.8bn RON (3.94bn euros).
Thus, the total wealth of active investors has outpaced the total Bourse wealth (46% against 8.5%) over the passed year, a situation for which brokers do not have a clear explanation.
One factor behind the more quickly rising value of portfolios is likely to be domestic investors' carrying out bigger investments on foreign markets, through online platforms. Most of these investments are not registered with the Central Depository.