OREANDA-NEWS. June 22, 2010. Millennium Capital released daily review:

On Monday, 21 June, the Ukrainian stock market demonstrated substantial growth on the back of the news that China drops its two-years-long peg to the US dollar and changes to a more flexible exchange rate of the local currency. The Ukrainian UX index, as a result, gained 4.37% reaching 2,151.58 points, while PFTS index went up 3.00% to 846.51 points. Practically, the prices of all Ukrainian stocks traded were on the increase. The most solid growth, however, was in the metallurgy sector, with AZST adding 9.33%, ENMZ gaining 7.94% and MMKI up 6.55%. The absolute leader of the day by the price growth was DAKOR, which added 18.46% during the days’ session. AVDK and UNAF were the day’s leaders by the trades volume (over UAH6 mln each), while UNAF was also the number one by the number of transactions at 405 trades. The US dollar trading on the Interbank market closed at UAH7.9100/7.9125 for one USD, while the Euro trades closed at UAH9.7886/9.7917 for one EUR. The National Bank of Ukraine continues to buy up excess USD liquidity keeping UAH from appreciation.