OREANDA-NEWS. December 28, 2009. Concorde Capital released daily Ukrainian market view:

The two leading Ukrainian exchanges edge further south on Friday, with the UX off 0.37% and the PFTS 0.32%. Liquidity on the markets was notably weak, with just UAH 8.4 mln moving over the UX and UAH 12.9 mln over the PFTS. The most traded name on the UX was Alchevsk Iron & Steel (ALMK), down 0.22%, on a volume of UAH 1.3 mln. On the interbank FX market, the hryvnya weakened slightly from UAH/USD 7.963 to 7.965.

Holiday trading schedule: The UX is open all week, will close early at 13:00 on Friday, December 31, and reopen on January 5 for a full trading day. It will then close early at 16:00 on January 6 and be off January 7-8. The PFTS will be closed January 1, 4, 7, 8, but will be open for full days of trading otherwise. Both exchanges will resume normal trading hours on January 11.