Shares of Ukrainian agricultural companies traded on foreign exchanges demonstrated significant growth, primarily linked to an upward local trend in stock markets. The MSCI Global index rose by 0.8% over the week, while the US S&P 500 index added 1.0%, reaching another historical high.
Kernel’s (KER) stock rose by 9.5% to PLN 11.5 (MCap of USD 848mn), despite the ongoing delisting process of these shares from the exchange at the initiative of the company’s main owner.
Astarta (AST) increased by 4.2% to PLN 29.8 (MCap of USD 183mn) and MHP’s (MHPC) shares showed a 1.5% gain, trading at USD 3.35 (MCap of USD 359mn).
On the Ukrainian Exchange, the decline in Raiffeisen Bank (BAVL) continued as the bank is currently unable to pay dividends due to restrictions imposed by the National Bank. Raiffeisen Bank’s quotes decreased by 3.6% to 27 kopecks (MCap of USD 429mn).
The hryvnia gained by a tiny 0.1% over the week to close at 38.60 UAH/USD on the cash market. Today the national currency traded at a narrow range near 38.30 UAH/USD on the interbank market. The regulator decreased its sale of the hard currency from the country’s FX reserves in February to USD 1.5bn from USD 2.5bn seen in January, and USD 3.6bn interventions registered in December. The last week alone the National Bank sold just about USD 300mn to balance the interbank market. The official data for FX reserve has not been released yet, while at the beginning of February, there was USD 38.5bn in the country’s reserves, compared to USD 40.5bn at the start of the year.
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The National Bank of Ukraine has opened a special fundraising account to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Please find more at the National Bank’s official website under the link below:
www.bank.gov.ua
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