The ATX composition is updated every March and September, mainly based on a stock's capitalized free float and trading volumes.
[2] The Vienna Stock Exchange also maintains a market for fixed income securities, with more than 13,000 active bonds from 38 countries and a total volume of €720bn as at May 2023.
The requirements of the Austrian Stock Exchange Act regarding the listing of securities in the Official Market and the accompanying obligations of issuers do not apply to financial instruments included in trading in the Vienna MTF.
As such, the Vienna MTF is customarily used by foreign issuers of corporate bonds, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) issuing equity and expanding young companies.
[6] Wiener Börse is one of the world's oldest exchanges and was founded in 1771 during the reign of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in order to provide a market for state issued bonds.
[15] In 2020, the Wiener Börse listed for the first time products denominated in the cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum, making real-time prices available for trading between 9:15 am - 5:30 pm.