This is an academic activity for dealing with the world of the stock market with support and from an educational perspective. Far from presenting a leisure activity stimulating competition and prize winning, this game is aimed at offering an educational complement when it comes to responsibly studying business finance in the classroom.
Aimed at upper secondary-school education students taking the Business Economics option and at Medium- and Upper Level Vocational Training or Adult Education cycles.
759 students from institutes and educational centres from Girona’s counties took part in the 2022 Stock Exchange Game
The Stock Exchange Game is an academic activity for discovering the stock exchange world and responsible funding from enterprises. Twenty-nine centres, among institutes and training centres took part in the fourth edition of this initiative.
The fourth edition of the Stock Exchange Game at the University of Girona (UdG) has achieved a new participation of 759 pre-university students who competed between 1 February and 11 March in this academic activity to discover the stock exchange world.
The Stock Exchange Game is organised by the Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, Renta4 and ICE and aimed to 1st-year Baccalaureate students who take the Economic option and at Intermediate and Higher Vocational Training Cycle and CFA students, who take part as individuals.
The aim of the Stock Exchange Game is, from a game perspective, to offer an educational supplement to the study on responsible company funding. Teachers can choose the most appropriate activities in Stock Exchange Game simulations for assessing students. According to the competition’s general instructions, participants can only invest in IBEX 35 companies, in stock exchange opening times, and have 60,000 virtual euros at their disposal. At least five transactions have to be carried out every week.
The 29 following educational centres have taken part in it: CFA Girona, CFA La Selva, CFA Sant Feliu de Guíxols, C FEDAC Sant Narcís, CFA Torroella de Montgrí, Institut Abat Oliba, Institut Anton Busquets i Punset, Institut Baix Empordà, Institut Bosc de la Coma, Institut Cap Norfeu, Institut Cendrassos, Institut de Celrà, Institut Frederic Martí Carreras, Institut Illa de Rodes, Institut Llançà, Institut Montgrí, Institut Montsacopa, Institut Narcís Xifra Masmitjà, Institut Narcís Monturiol, Institut Olivar Gran, Institut Pere Borrell, Institut Ramon Coll i Rodés, Institut Salvador Espriu, Institut Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Institut Santa Coloma de Farners, Institut Santa Eugènia, Institut Serrallarga, Institut Vallvera and Institut Vescomtat de Cabrera.
A total of 8 prizes are awarded to whoever obtains the highest profitability and distributed as follows:
- Prize for each county: 8 iPads, one for the player with the highest points for each county.
- Prize for the best participant from Girona: 1 laptop for the highest classed player
Awarded students:
1st Garrotxa Marc Pont Bartolí, Institut Bosc de la Coma
2nd Baix Empordà Emely Dayana Quiroz Osorio, Institut Montgrí
3rd Gironès Isabela Paunescu, Institut de Celrà
4th Cerdanya Adrià Docampo Clot, Institut Pere Borrell
5th Alt Empordà Quel Pellissa Fernández, Institut Olivar Gran
6th Ripollès Berta Vallverdú Bachs, Institut Abat Oliba
7th The Selva Sergi Oller Garcia, Institut Serrallarga
8th Pla de l'Estany Abandoned, for want of registered players