Ukrainian stock indices reflect small gains in Wednesday trading

2015/4/16 11:40:00

Milkiland, KSG Agro, Ferrexpo, Avangardco, Raiffeisen Bank Aval and Azovstal all enjoyed significant gains for the day.


 

 

 

 

 

 

KYIV, Apr 16, 2015 (UBO) – Concorde Capital provides details of trading in Ukrainian stocks on the Kyiv, Warsaw and London exchanges in its daily market comment:

 

“Ukrainian equities made slight gains on Wednesday, April 15. The WIG Ukraine Index of Warsaw-traded stocks gained was nearly flat, up just 0.1% as shares of grain trader Kernel (KER PW) slipped 0.2%. The index’s other biggest component, sugar maker Astarta (AST PW), was flat. The only real movement was from dairy firm Milkiland (MLK PW) continuing its upsurge gaining 5.1%, and farming company KSG Argo (KSG PW -4.5%). In London, the most actively traded Ukrainian stock, iron ore miner Ferrexpo (FXPO LN) gained 2.6%. Poultry giant MHP (MHPC LI) fell 3.5%%, while egg giant Avangardco (AVGR LI) rose 7.5% on the day. The Ukrainian Exchange (UX) Index of Kyiv-traded stocks edged up 0.5%. Raiffeisen Bank Aval (BAVL UK) was up 2.9%, while Azovstal (AZST UK) gained 2.8%. On the downside in Kyiv were oil and gas company Ukrnafta (UNAF UK -3.7%) and Avdiyivka Coke (AVDK UK -2.7%).

 

“On the fixed income market, significant gains in the day (5.5% - 7.5%) were noticed in all the Eurobonds of state banks (EXIMUK, OSCHAD) as Ukreximbank stated it clearly that it is not going to ask bond holders for any haircut. Another important gainer of the day was the Ukrainian hryvnia whose official rate advanced 5.3% vs. U.S. dollar, to UAH 21.8/USD.”

 

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For charts of last session top-3 map, last session performance and more, link below:

www.concorde.ua

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