In April, a total of 36,000 transactions were executed on the Ukrainian stock exchanges, amounting to approximately UAH 57bn, marking a 9% increase from March. Year-to-date, nearly 134,000 transactions have been conducted on domestic exchanges, totaling UAH 194bn, a 43% surge compared to January-April 2023.
Trading activity on the Ukrainian exchanges predominantly occurs in the debt segment, with government bonds comprising 92.3% of total trade volume, corporate bonds and foreign issuers’ securities at 7.48%, and shares and securities of investment funds accounting for just 0.21%.
On the Ukrainian Exchange, there was some upward movement in the quotations of Raiffeisen Bank (BAVL), up by 4.3% to 24 kopecks per share, with a market capitalization of USD 369mn.
London-listed Ukrainian poultry producer MHP (MHPC) gained by 0.6% to close at USD 3.37 following the announcement that the company redeemed its Eurobonds in time.
On the interbank market, the hryvnia now trades at 39.64 UAH/USD while the cash exchange rate for the dollar increased by 0.4% to the level of 40 UAH/USD.
In the U.S. market, the S&P 500 index added 1.9% for the week, with significant gains seen in the shares of the electric utilities and power generation sectors. Specifically, American Electric Power’s stock rose by 3.4%, while Dominion Energy’s increased by 3.1%.
The MSCI Global Index increased by 1.7% for the week, signaling optimistic sentiments among traders worldwide.
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