Poland: coronavirus impact on stock market 2020

As the coronavirus spreads around the world, the impact on the Polish stock exchange is increasing. As of 4 March, the WIG20 index was at the level of 1,860.95 points. Since then, the index has been systematically decreasing, and it reached the level of 1,305.73 points on 12 March. The reason for the falls on the stock exchange is a coronavirus (COVID-19). Fear of the epidemic has been visible in the markets for three weeks. As of 27 March, WIG20 has lost over 31 percent since the beginning of the year. Most probably, the first quarter of 2020 will be the worst in the history of the index. Even worse than the end of the memorable 2008, when the financial crisis broke out. On June 29, WIG20 index reached the closing value of 1,769.47, which is a decrease of 17.70 percent compared to the beginning of 2020.

Impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WIG20) in Poland from January to June, 2020

Characteristic	Daily change
Jun 29	0.57%
Jun 26	-1.89%
Jun 25	0.51%
Jun 24	-2.29%
Jun 23	1.61%
Jun 22	-0.6%
Jun 19	0.67%
Jun 18	0.45%
Jun 17	-0.57%
Jun 16	3.25%
Jun 15	-2.65%
Jun 12	-2.84%
Jun 10	0.3%
Jun 9	-0.31%
Jun 8	-0.07%
Jun 5	3.13%
Jun 4	1.12%
Jun 3	1.76%
Jun 2	0.16%
Jun 1	0.63%
May 29	0.24%
May 28	0.64%
May 27	-0.12%
May 26	3.95%
May 25	0.88%
May 22	-0.45%
May 21	-0.9%
May 20	0.76%
May 19	0.07%
May 18	4.23%
May 15	-0.42%
May 14	-2.18%
May 13	-0.5%
May 12	2.22%
May 11	-1.19%
May 8	1.21%
May 7	1.24%
May 6	-1.93%
May 5	-0.11%
May 4	-2.91%
Apr 30	-0.16%
Apr 29	3.58%
Apr 28	0.14%
Apr 27	-0.62%
Apr 24	-1.49%
Apr 23	1.31%
Apr 22	2.01%
Apr 21	-4.06%
Apr 20	0.89%
Apr 17	1.73%
Apr 16	-0.52%
Apr 15	-3.38%
Apr 14	2.89%
Apr 9	2.31%
Apr 8	-1.52%
Apr 7	1.42%
Apr 6	4.95%
Apr 3	1%
Apr 2	0.62%
Apr 1	-2.1%
Mar 31	2.38%
Mar 30	0.12%
Mar 27	-1.08%
Mar 26	3.48%
Mar 25	-0.63%
Mar 24	3.24%
Mar 23	-5.57%
Mar 20	1.29%
Mar 19	4.86%
Mar 18	-1.96%
Mar 17	6.54%
Mar 16	-1.79%
Mar 13	4.61%
Mar 12	-13.28%
Mar 11	-5.87%
Mar 10	-1.63%
Mar 9	-7.87%
Mar 6	-3.18%
Mar 5	-2.05%
Mar 4	-1.52%
Mar 3	4.53%
Mar 2	2.19%
Feb 28	-4.41%
Feb 27	-4.29%
Feb 26	-0.63%
Feb 25	-2.76%
Feb 24	-4.2%
Feb 21	-0.54%
Feb 20	-0.72%
Feb 19	0.08%
Feb 18	-0.36%
Feb 17	0.28%
Feb 14	-0.23%
Feb 13	-0.29%
Feb 12	0.9%
Feb 11	0.69%
Feb 10	-0.82%
Feb 7	-0.07%
Feb 6	-0.53%
Feb 5	0.77%
Feb 4	1.63%
Feb 3	0.34%
Jan 31	-0.68%
Jan 30	-0.87%
Jan 29	0.01%
Jan 28	0.68%
Jan 27	-3.27%
Jan 24	0.27%
Jan 23	0.09%
Jan 22	-0.53%
Jan 21	-0.92%
Jan 20	0.1%