26 May 2015 Market Reviews

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Metinvest’s key coke plant suspends production

Metinvest announced last Sunday that its key coke-making plant, Avdiivka Coke, suspended operations after an intense artillery attack on Saturday. All four high-voltage lines supplying electricity to ...

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25 May 2015 Market Reviews

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Liquidity declines

Broader banking sector liquidity declined a mere UAH0.25bn to UAH59.66bn last Friday as banks’ correspondent accounts with the NBU fell UAH0.47bn to UAH24.30bn while CDs outstanding rose UAH0.22bn to ...

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22 May 2015 Market Reviews

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Liquidity declines and is reallocated

Banks' correspondent accounts with the NBU rose UAH2.48bn to UAH24.77bn yesterday, but this increase was supported by cash-flows from CD redemptions (as CDs outstanding declined UAH2.26bn to UAH30.81b ...

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20 May 2015 Market Reviews

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Cabinet of Ministers granted new rights

Yesterday, in an unprecedented move, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted a new law that permits the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers to impose a moratorium on US$20.24bn of debt principal that is scheduled ...

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19 May 2015 Market Reviews

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Loan Guarantee Agreement signed

Yesterday, along with US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey R. Pyatt and Director of the USAID Mission Jed Barton, the MoF reported that Ukraine’s Minister of Finance Natalie Jaresko signed the loan agree ...

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18 May 2015 Market Reviews

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Yatseniuk's public plea to bondholders

In Prime Minister Yatseniuk's speech to Parliament last Friday, the head of the government again requested investors to participate in the restructuring, as its successful completion is crucial for t ...

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15 May 2015 Market Reviews

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Liquidity surpasses UAH60.0bn

After receiving a portion of debt repayments, banks’ correspondent accounts with the NBU rose UAH2.24bn to this month’s new high of UAH28.25bn yesterday while total local currency debt repayments sche ...

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14 May 2015 Market Reviews

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UAH’s TWI under pressure on USD weakness

The relative weakness of the US economy versus the eurozone, as confirmed by yesterday's statistics news releases, sent the US dollar lower versus major global currencies. ...

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