Warsaw Market & Comment Watch - Thursday 28 March

Happy Thursday from Kiev!  Here is the Ukrainian stock performance summary on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), based on the prior trading day's closing bell.  The WSE closed up (+1.17%), compared to bearish European markets (FTSE -0.18%, STOXX -1.09%, CAC -0.99%, DAX -1.15%, IBEX -1.13%) and mixed U.S. markets (DOW -0.23%, S&P -0.06%, NASDAQ +0.12%).  Looking at Ukrainian listed equities on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, their index tracked the main Warsaw equities index, closing up (+1.72%) with gains in KSG Agro, Sadovaya, Kernel, Coal Energy, IMC, Astarta and KDM Shipping driving the movement.  From a market depth standpoint, the highest trading volumes occurred in Kernel (81,180 shares), Westa (79,191 shares), Agroton (52,937 shares), Sadovaya (52,712 shares) and Astarta (44,752 shares).

For specific results kindly see the table below, prices denoted in Polish currency (Zlotys).  Cheers – Jon

WSE WIG Index (total return index for Warsaw Stock Exchange listed companies): 45247.90 (+1.17%)

WSE WIG-Ukraine Index (total return index for Ukrainian listed companies):  614.79 (+1.72%) 

Ovostar Union NV (OVO PW):  95.05 (-2.01%)

Kernel Holding SA (KER PW):  58.20 (+3.01%)

Agroton Public Limited (AGT PW):  8.49 (-1.74%)

Astarta Holding NV (AST PW):  60.50 (+0.83%)

Industrial Milk Co (IMC PW):  15.00 (+2.04%)

KSG Agro SA (KSG PW):  13.17 (+7.95%)

Milkiland (MLK PW):  14.00 (unch%)

KDM Shipping Plc (KDM PW):  35.68 (+0.79%)

Coal Energy SA (CLE PW): 6.33 (+2.10%)

Sadovaya Group SA (SGR PW):  1.59 (+4.61%)

Westa Intl Scientific Group (WES PW):  0.68 (-2.86%)

Carbon Trading

The ICE daily CER continued to trade as a political option with notional pricing, losing 5 Eurocents after losing another 1 Eurocent the previous day.  It finished the day at 0.09 EURO (-35.71%).  ERUs are trading around 50% of this price.