OREANDA-NEWS. March 05, 2012. Concorde Capital released daily Ukrainian market view:

In a quiet session on Saturday, the UX remained open ahead of this week’s Women’s Day holiday, closing down 0.2% on just USD 2.5 mln in volume. The largest decliner was Stirol (STIR UK) -1.5%. On Friday, the local exchange also finished slightly lower, shedding 0.3%. Also on Friday, Poland’s WIG-Ukraine rose 2.5%, boosted by gains in Ovostar (OVO PW) +4.6%, Astarta (AST PW) +3.4%, Westa (WES PW) +3.3% and Kernel (KER PW) +3.2%. Overall, before the weekend, most of Europe moved higher as the ECB extended loans to banks and reports on consumer confidence and jobless claims from the US helped buoy sentiment.