As early as 1996 when the Eastern Europe story was still fresh, the experts of the Vienna Stock Exchange started computing the first index for the Central and East European region. The CECE Index, tracking the equities of the Czech Traded Index (CTX®), Hungarian Traded Index (HTX®) and Polish Traded Index (PTX®), contributed greatly to the establishment of the Vienna Stock Exchange’s reputation as an index expert throughout the world; the VSE is now an affiliated company of the CEE Stock Exchange Group.
Today, the Vienna Stock Exchange – member of the CEE Stock Exchange Group together with the stock exchanges of Budapest, Ljubljana and Prague – publishes 60 indices which are highly popular among international investors because of their quality, state of the art calculation methodology and preciseness. The CECE Index, but also the RDX, the Russian Depository Index, are regularly used as benchmarks for their respective markets. The uniform calculation of the indices published is a further feature appreciated by investors. Trading in the indices also has a positive effect on the liquidity of the equities, and therefore, on the attractiveness of the stock market.