OREANDA-NEWS. May 19, 2010. UFC Capital released daily market view:

Equity market. On Monday morning, the indices of most European largest stock exchanges opened below zero. However, towards the middle of the trading session, the indices reflected European investors’ optimism by passing into the green zone. On May 17, the RTS index was below zero. After opening, the US-based Dow Jones pointed to investors’ uncertainty in the further direction of market movements. Although the indicator was below zero off the open, later on it climbed for a little while into positive territory.

The Ukrainska SE index dropped by 4.3%. Investors were not even inspired by the information about the upgrade in Ukraine’s ratings by the S&P international ratings agency. Throughout the trading day, the indicator stayed below zero. A total of 3,811 deals took place on the Ukrainska SE for a turnover of 96.1 mln hryvnia.

On May 17, on the order-driven market of the UX, the only stocks to demonstrate growth were Dzerzhinskiy Iron and Steel (DMKD; HOLD) and Komsomolets Donbasa Coalmine (SHKD; SELL). Their prices grew by 1.4% and 0.2% correspondingly. The leader in terms of losses was Alchevsk Coke (ALKZ; BUY), which surrendered a whopping 20.3%.