Warsaw Market & Carbon Watch - Friday 30 November

Greetings from Kiev!  Here is this morning’s Ukrainian stock performance summary, from the Warsaw Stock Exchange, based on the prior trading day's closing bell.  As a whole, the Warsaw Stock Exchange closed in positive territory (+0.41%), in line with green screens across the main European markets (FTSE +1.15%, STOXX +1.37%, CAC +1.53%, DAX +0.78%, IBEX +1.74%) and the U.S. markets (DOW +0.28%, S&P +0.43%, NASDAQ +0.68%).  Looking at Ukrainian equities in particular across the Warsaw Stock Exchange, their index tracked the main Warsaw equities index, closing up (+0.06%) for the day with gains in Sadovaya Group, Agroton, Kernel, Ovostar, Coal Energy and KDM Shipping driving the movement.  From a market depth standpoint, the highest trading volumes occurred in Sadovaya Group (1,028,958 shares), Westa (881,044 shares), KSG Agro (225,140 shares), Kernel (61,225 shares) and Agroton (39,818 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): 44787.84 (+0.41%)

WSE WIG-Ukraine Index (total return index for Ukrainian listed companies):  661.22 (+0.06%) 

Ovostar Union NV (OVO PW):  85.00 (+0.77%)

Kernel Holding SA (KER PW):  68.20 (+0.96%)

Agroton Public Limited (AGT PW):  10.50 (+3.65%)

Astarta Holding NV (AST PW):  59.40 (-1.00%)

Industrial Milk Co (IMC PW):  14.49 (-0.07%)

KSG Agro SA (KSG PW):  11.04 (-1.08%)

Milkiland (MLK PW):  15.45 (-2.83%)

KDM Shipping Plc (KDM PW):  26.15 (+0.19%)

Coal Energy SA (CLE PW): 10.34 (+0.29%)

Sadovaya Group SA (SGR PW):  1.87 (+3.89%)

Westa Intl Scientific Group (WES PW):  0.79 (-22.55%)

Carbon Trading

The ICE daily CER fell another 2 cents on Thursday, closing at 0.73 EURO (-2.67%).  Four days in, Doha appears locked in predictable decision paralysis - with more emphasis focused on what is not happening rather than what is happening.  At some point prior to the conference's end on 7 December - which is Pearl Harbor Day in the USA - the country representatives will whip some framework "agreement to agree" out of the squabbling and this agreement will give a quick bounce back into the market.  But more likely than not, it will be a dead cat bounce.  From the Doha evidence thus far, major emitters continue to lack the political will to address climate change in a meaningful way or to put concrete cooperative steps down to paper.  The USA and Russia have sent early signals they are not interested to set forth firm commitments on their sides until they see every other country making similar commitments - essentially filibustering.  Cheap ERUs and CERs continue to flood the market particularly through JI's Track 1 back door, and this looks to accelerate for the rest of the year.  There will be no demand spike for carbon credits to effectively offset supply growth, due to the global economic slow down.

Warsaw Market & Carbon Watch - Thursday 29 November

Greetings from Kiev!  Here is this morning’s Ukrainian stock performance summary, from the Warsaw Stock Exchange, based on the prior trading day's closing bell.  As a whole, the Warsaw Stock Exchange closed in negative territory (-0.11%), below most of the main European markets (FTSE +0.06%, STOXX +0.13%, CAC +0.37%, DAX +0.15%, IBEX -0.33%) and the U.S. markets (DOW +0.83%, S&P +0.79%, NASDAQ +0.81%).  Looking at Ukrainian equities in particular across the Warsaw Stock Exchange, their index outperformed the main Warsaw equities index, closing up (+0.52%) for the day with gains in Agroton, KSG Agro, Milkiland, Kernel, IMC and Ovostar driving the movement.  From a market depth standpoint, the highest trading volumes occurred in Sadovaya Group (872,756 shares), Westa (157,240 shares) and Kernel (62,392 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): 44605.42 (-0.11%)

WSE WIG-Ukraine Index (total return index for Ukrainian listed companies):  660.81 (+0.52%) 

Ovostar Union NV (OVO PW):  84.35 (+0.12%)

Kernel Holding SA (KER PW):  67.55 (+2.04%)

Agroton Public Limited (AGT PW):  10.13 (+6.07%)

Astarta Holding NV (AST PW):  60.00 (-2.68%)

Industrial Milk Co (IMC PW):  14.50 (+0.35%)

KSG Agro SA (KSG PW):  11.16 (+4.30%)

Milkiland (MLK PW):  15.90 (+2.58%)

KDM Shipping Plc (KDM PW):  26.10 (-1.14%)

Coal Energy SA (CLE PW): 10.31 (-0.39%)

Sadovaya Group SA (SGR PW):  1.80 (-10.00%)

Westa Intl Scientific Group (WES PW):  1.02 (-0.39%)

Carbon Trading

The ICE daily CER fell 6 cents on Wednesday, closing at 0.75 EURO (-7.41%).  The Doha conference has fallen into the predictable impasse of arguing.  Russia has declared it won't agree to new emissions capping commitments under Kyoto, while the USA continues to filibuster on international cooperation as in previous years.  From the Doha evidence thus far, major emitters continue to lack the political will to address climate change in a meaningful way and prefer to compartmentalize the issue inside the broader topic of trade and commercial competitiveness.  Cheap ERUs and CERs continue to flood the market particularly through JI's Track 1 back door, and this looks to accelerate for the rest of the year.  There will be no demand spike for carbon credits to effectively offset supply growth, due to the global economic slow down.  The fundamentals exist for a tough final few weeks for carbon prices this year, barring the occasional dead cat bounce... unless there's a game changing market decision somewhere.

Warsaw Market & Carbon Watch - Wednesday 28 November

Greetings from Kiev!  Here is this morning’s Ukrainian stock performance summary, from the Warsaw Stock Exchange, based on the prior trading day's closing bell.  As a whole, the Warsaw Stock Exchange closed positively for the day (+0.12%), generally in line with the main European markets (FTSE +0.22%, STOXX +0.04%, CAC +0.03%, DAX +0.55%, IBEX -0.14%) and above the U.S. markets (DOW -0.69%, S&P -0.52%, NASDAQ -0.30%).  Looking at Ukrainian equities in particular across the Warsaw Stock Exchange, their index outperformed the main Warsaw equities index, closing up (+2.51%) for the day with gains in Ovostar, Westa, KSG Agro, Astarta, Kernel, Milkiland and IMC driving the movement.  From a market depth standpoint, the highest trading volumes occurred in Sadovaya Group (1,268,637 shares), Kernel (219,691 shares) and Westa International Scientific Group (173,696 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): 44655.24 (+0.12%)

WSE WIG-Ukraine Index (total return index for Ukrainian listed companies):  657.42 (+2.51%) 

Ovostar Union NV (OVO PW):  84.25 (+6.65%)

Kernel Holding SA (KER PW):  66.20 (+2.00%)

Agroton Public Limited (AGT PW):  9.55 (-2.35%)

Astarta Holding NV (AST PW):  61.65 (+4.49%)

Industrial Milk Co (IMC PW):  14.45 (+1.05%)

KSG Agro SA (KSG PW):  10.70 (+4.90%)

Milkiland (MLK PW):  15.50 (+1.64%)

KDM Shipping Plc (KDM PW):  26.40 (-1.82%)

Coal Energy SA (CLE PW): 10.35 (unch)

Sadovaya Group SA (SGR PW):  2.00 (-6.98%)

Westa Intl Scientific Group (WES PW):  1.03 (+6.19%)

Carbon Trading

The ICE daily CER firmed 2 cents on Tuesday, closing at 0.81 EURO (+2.53%).  As expected, traders are try to squeeze whatever optimism they can from the market during Doha, before the gloom sets back in.  In America, Obama has already sent the signal he's not aggressive on global climate change cooperation by signing a bill that shields the country's airlines from carbon offsetting laws in the EU.  Cheap ERUs and CERs continue to flood the market and it looks to accelerate for the rest of the year.  This looks to be a good week to sell carbon especially if the Doha conference ends inconclusively, as prior similar conference outcomes would predict.