OREANDA-NEWS. February 02, 2011. UFC Capital released daily market view:

Parliament dissolved in Ireland. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, who is the leader of the ruling Fianna Fail party, has dissolved Parliament and announced his retirement from politics. The general election has been set to take place on February 25, 2011; popular discontent with Fianna Fail is expected to lead to a crushing defeat of the party in the upcoming elections.

Equity market. On February 1, the Ukrainian Exchange Index saw significant gains for the first time in several days; most stocks ended the day in the green zone. The Indicator was pushed up not only by internal factors but also by positive statistics from the European labor market and upward trends in  Exchanges around the world. Overall, the indicator increased by 2.12% on the day, to 2688.42 points. The trading volume amounted to UAH 266.4 mln including UAH 50.6 mln from the futures market.

Information which stated that Ukrnafta (UNAF; SELL) would possibly pay out dividends for 2010 led investors to purchase the company's shares. As a result, the stock was traded for a total of UAH 50.0 mln in 869 transactions and soared by 4.01%. Ukrnafta was both the day's most traded and one of the best performing on the order-driven market. In addition, Pokrovskoe Mine (SHCHZ; SELL), Dniproenergo (DNEN; HOLD), and Centrenergo (CEEN; HOLD) grew by 4.25%, 3.51%, and 2.74% respectively.

Some of the stocks which saw losses yesterday were Forum (FORM; UNDER REVIEW), Kyivenergo (KIEN; BUY), and Stirol (STIR; HOLD), losing 1.01%, 0.84%, and 0.35% respectively.