Monthly Wrap-Up: March 2018

In March 2018, the total trading volume on the Ukrainian Exchange  fell by 27,60 % and reached UAH 4 060 793 881; the total number of transactions decreased by 7,68 % and hit 7 305. 

March was rich in launching agrarian futures instruments at Ukrainian exchange.

 Firstly, starting from March 1, in the framework of the second stage of the pilot project on the organization of trade in delivery futures contracts for agricultural products at Ukrainian Exchange, trading starts with futures contracts of prices for wheat CPT Odessa 3rd and 6th grade (IB- 4.18 and ID-4.18) and the price of corn CPT Odessa (IC-4.18).

 Secondly, Ukrainian Exchange and Thomson Reuters signed a memorandum of cooperation, in which the prices for wheat and corn (FOB in Ukrainian ports), which are calculated by Thomson Reuters for more than a year, began to be used as the underlying asset for cash-settlement futures contracts. From March 1, trade starting in futures contracts of 10.5% wheat, feed wheat and corn with execution in May, August and October 2018. The volumes of open positions for the first month of trading were not significant , however, prices for the most part reflected the movement of prices in the related markets of the underlying asset.

The total volume on the derivatives market of the Ukrainian Exchange  fell by 62,80 % and reached UAH231 935 459 (8 449 contracts); the total number of transactions reached 1 489 decreased by 23,44% more than in February.

The total trading volume on the securities market reached UAH 3 828 858 422 (trading volume among shares reached 118 637 470),  fell by 23,20 % than in February. The total number of transactions decreased by 2,55 % and reached 5 816.

At the end of the month, the UX Index calculated by the Ukrainian Exchange  grew by 6,59% from 1 578,62 to 1 682,60 points.

At the end of the month, the top sellers were  Kredobank (KRDB01) – UAH 28 711 612, followed by stocks of Raiffeisen Bank Aval (BAVL) – UAH 17 358 306 andUkrnafta (UNAF) – 13 139 892. Their total turnover in shares reached 30,27 %, 18,30 %, 13,85 % respectively.

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