OREANDA-NEWS. March 19, 2010. Millennium Capital released daily review:

On Thursday, March 18, the Ukrainian stock market demonstrated strong gains on the back of the new government plans to substantially speed up privatisation of State property in 2010. The Ukrainian UX index advanced 2.39% reaching 2187.07 points, and PFTS went up 2.72% to 858.43 points. The Russian financial markets were declining: the MICEX index lost 0.13%, while the RTS index was down 0.30%. The European financial markets finished slightly in the red: FTSE 100 was down 0.04%, DAX 30 went down 0.20%, and CAC 40 lost 0.50%. The US major trading exchanges showed mixed results. Dow Jones added 0.42%, NASDAQ was up 0.09%, while S&P 500 lost 0.03%. The US dollar trading on the Interbank market closed at UAH7.9550/7.9700 for one USD, and the Euro trades closed the session in the range of UAH10.8860/10.9070 for one EUR. The National bank of Ukraine continues buying up excess USD liquidity to keep UAH from appreciating.