OREANDA-NEWS. September 16, 2011. Concorde Capital released daily Ukrainian market view:

Ukrainian equities advanced on Thursday, as the European Central Bank moved to provide liquidity to European lenders and France and Germany backed Greece's place in the Eurozone. The UX added 0.95%, a more subdued showing than other leading European indices (FTSE 100 +2.11%, DAX +3.15%, WIG +2.81%, RTS +2.10%). The local market continued to see thin volumes - total equity turnover was just UAH 88.9 mln (about USD 11.1 mln). Ukraine's top two listed foreign-owned banks both moved up: Raiffeisen Bank Aval (BAVL UK, N/R) +1.97% and UniCredit Bank Ukraine (USCB UK, N/R) +2.57%. The session's best performer was Stirol (STIR UK, BUY) +5.05% on news that Ukraine imported 2 bln m3 of gas from Central Asia, which could help improve its margins this year. In Poland, the WIG-Ukraine index picked up 1.28%. Astarta (AST PW, HOLD) rose 2.47% and Coal Energy (CLE PW, N/R) jumped 6.00%.