Foreign investors owned 40 percent of listed shares at the end of 2008

The top country in terms of players was Austria, according to a report published by the Central Depository on Monday. The investments of 234 Austrian players made 31 percent of the total shares controlled by foreigners. French investors rank second, with 15 percent, followed by players from The Netherlands (11 percent), Switzerland (10 percent) and the U.S. (8 percent). At the end of Decembers, 9.5 million investors owned shares listed on BVB Of them, only 5,095 were foreign investors. (NewsIn)