Kyiv-listed
Ukrainian stocks rose on Friday (Apr 18) heading into the 3-day Easter weekend,
reducing their losses in a local trading week that benefited from a sharp 12%
rebound in the hryvnia from its all-time low near UAH 13 against the dollar
registered on Apr 11. In the US, the trio of main indices rose for a 5th
straight session on Monday (Apr 21), with the S&P 500 and DJIA returning to
near-record territory on improving US macroeconomic data and continued soft
monetary policy. The UX index closed up 1.1% at 1105 points. Raiffeisen Aval
reclaimed its tradition position as the top local performer, adding 4.6% to
17.58 kopecks, and UkrNafta was up 2.8% to near UAH 250. Volume leaders Motor
Sich and CentrEnergo rose in line with the index, while Donetsk-based
Metinvest-controlled names Avdyivka Coke and Azovstal underperformed, slipping
about half a percent and finishing sharply lower for the week by more than 10%
each. Outside the UX basket, Khartsysk Pipe appreciated by 2.6% to 81 kopecks.
In Warsaw, Lugansk-based mining group Coal Energy was down 3.7% to PLN
1.28.
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