Vienna Stock Exchange remains calm: ATX closes unchanged at 4,721 points

Vienna Stock Exchange remains calm: ATX closes unchanged at 4,721 points

The Vienna stock market remained almost unchanged on Monday, August 11, 2025. The leading index ATX closed at 4,721.03 points, which corresponds to a percentage standstill compared to the previous week's close. Although investors had benefited from strong price gains in previous days, driven by hopes of a negotiated solution to the Ukraine conflict, there was no further significant stimulus to trading on Monday. Uncertainty was high as many investors awaited upcoming US inflation data to be released on Tuesday and the upcoming discussions between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday reported.

What's going on in the market? The market-wide ATX Prime recorded a small increase of 0.06 percent to 2,360.24 points. But mainly the trading volume remained quite manageable at 3.04 million. Many investors appear to be holding back as markets await decisions from the US Federal Reserve in September on possible interest rate cuts boersennews.de.

Stocks in focus

The news situation regarding domestic stocks showed little movement on Monday. Porr AG announced that it will renew two railway lines in southeastern Poland with a contract volume of 532 million euros. Nevertheless, the shares fell by 0.3 percent. At Erste Group there was a change in the investment recommendation for Bawag Bank: from “Accumulate” to “Hold”, with the price target being raised from 79.0 to 115.0 euros. Bawag shares closed unchanged at 111.3 euros.

A look at the price development of other important companies: Warburg increased the price target for Rosenbauer from 47.0 to 53.0 euros, but the shares fell by 3.9 percent to 46.7 euros. On the other hand, shares of Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) recorded a gain of 2.5 percent, while Erste Group shares gained 0.9 percent. The big losers were Voestalpine, whose shares fell by 1.0 percent, while Verbund recorded a loss of 0.4 percent.

Market developments in the last few days

A comparison of the price development of the past few days shows: On Friday, August 8th, the ATX closed at 4,720.83 points with an increase of 1.39 percent. On the previous Thursday, the closing price was 4,656.25 points, which corresponded to an increase of 2.16 percent. This shows that the market was quite dynamic last week, although Monday brought a significant slowdown. Here is an overview of the last closing prices:

So things remain exciting for investors while all eyes are on the coming measures and decisions. The uncertainty could cause movement in the market in the next few days, especially as US inflation data is released and geopolitical developments continue to shape opinions marketscreener.com.