Ukrainian stocks grow at WSE

MOSCOW. April 22 (Interfax) - Following a two-week Eastern pause, the WIG-Ukraine index grew by 5.67% to 548.51 at the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) on Tuesday in the run-up to a meeting between representatives of the United States, Ukraine, and the European Union scheduled for Wednesday in London, where they are expected to discuss terms of a ceasefire and a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, Ukrainian media reported with reference to the WSE.

The stocks of Coal Energy on Tuesday were up 18.49%, Milkiland up 11.54%, the Agroton and IMC agricultural holdings up 6.30% and 4.78%, respectively; KSG-Agro up 7.69%, and those of Astarta, Ukraine's leading sugar producer, up 3.94%, according to reports from the WSE.

The stocks of Kernel, Ukraine's leading vegetable oil producer, which are not included in the index calculation base because of a small free-float, rose 2.42%.

Ukrainian stocks showed more vibrant growth than the entire Polish market at the WSE on Tuesday, with the WIG index growing 1.06% and WIG20 0.15% since the start of the day.

At the London Stock Exchange (LSE), which does not see as much influence of retail investors as the WSE, the stocks of MHP, Ukraine's leading chicken producer, dropped by 6.02% and those of the Ferrexpo mining company slid by 0.59% on Tuesday morning.

As for Eurobonds, they rose by 0.7%-1.9% over the past day, with 2029 Eurobonds trading at around 62.5% and 2036 Eurobonds at 49.1% of par value, while GDP-linked warrants grew 1.3% to 69.9% of notional value.