OREANDA-NEWS. October 16, 2009. Millennium Capital released daily review:

Yesterday, on Thursday the 15th, diversified dynamics were observed in the principal world stock markets. The Ukrainian stock markets closed the trades in the red zone, their indices having slumped: PFTS Index declined by 2.28% and UX by 1.19%. The Russian market showed decline as well. MICEX Index lost 1.56%, and RTS was down 0.48%. Opposite trends were clearly observed in the European markets. British FTSE 100 dropped down by 0.63%, German DAX by 0.40%, and French CAC 40 registered an insignificant growth of 0.03%. A positive dynamic is in evidence in the USA markets, trades closed with growth of the key indices. Dow Jones grew by 0.47%, S&P was up 0.42%, and NASDAQ up 0.05%. The Asian markets showed a diversified trend in trades: Nikkei Index declined 0.03%, and Hang Seng Index rose 0.12%. The hryvnia appreciated on the Interbank market. Trades for 1 US dollar closed in the range of 8.20/8.23 UAH/UAD and 12.21/12.25 UAH/EUR for 1 Euro. NBU intends to establish a bank that will collect toxic assets from Ukrainian commercial banks.