UX hit a new record - contracts number exceed 1 million

The stock market of the Ukrainian Exchange exceed 1 million contracts.

"This is great event for all Ukrainian market, - said CEO of Ukrainian Exchange Oleg Tkachenko. – For the first time in the history of our country contracts number with securities on exchange market hit such significant number, we are proud that millionth contract was done at Ukrainian Exchange. Ukrainian stock market develop in leaps and bounds, for the last two years he did huge step in his growth. Our main goal to provide traders, private investors and issuers for friendly conditions and technology for trading, thereby the volumes of Ukrainian market should growth every year. This will give benefit for everybody."

Also, on this week was hit new contracts number record. During the trading session on January, 11 2011, traders did 12 050 contracts. Remind, that the previous record was on December, 14 2010 – 9 985 contracts.

"Year 2011 started from new records on the Ukrainian Exchange: UX Index hit historical maximum, millionth contract done, hit new contract numbers record, said Oleg Tkachenko. – I’m sure, that such positive dynamic will be in the future."

Ukrainian Exchange is the leading stock market operator and the center of Internet Trading liquidity in Ukraine. It went live in March 2009 to immediately become the most advanced local exchange in terms of the trading technologies. It was the first exchange in Ukraine to offer an order-driven market, internet trading, a repo market, settlements via the CCP and a derivatives market. The Ukrainian Exchange provides market participants with a full range of services: trading in the stock, bonds and derivatives markets, IPO opportunities and participation in privatization auctions.

The UX Index has been calculated by the Ukrainian Exchange since the start of equity trading on March 26, 2009. Its initial value was set at 500 points. Currently the UX Index tracks 15 most liquid local securities.

The UX Index futures contract is the top liquid instrument of the Ukrainian market.

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