Performance of Wincor Nixdorf Shares compared to MDAX and MSCI World:
At the end of the reporting period, Wincor Nixdorf stock closed at €44.01, around 5.4% up on its opening price on October 1, 2008. Thanks to this very solid performance in a year dominated by the financial crisis, the stock was able to slightly outperform the MDAX, which rose by 4.9%.
The following points can be observed in relation to the performance of Wincor Nixdorf stock in the fiscal year just ended:
- The stock remained highly volatile compared to the market as a whole.
- Share prices fell heavily across the entire market during the first two quarters of the reporting period, in response to the financial crisis and the deteriorating economic situation. This was followed in early March by a clear period of recovery across the market.
- In the first quarter of the reporting period, movements in the stock largely reflected the overall market situation. In the second quarter, it clearly outperformed the market as a whole before falling sharply and then realigning itself to the overall market on publication of the nine-month report. The lowest trading price for the reporting year was €26.90 on November 25, 2008, while the highest figure of €45.26 was achieved on September 23, 2009.
The average trading volume of Wincor Nixdorf shares on all German stock exchanges declined from 5.3 million units per month in fiscal 2007/2008 to 4.5 million shares traded per month during fiscal 2008/2009.
