Market comment

Обзоры рынка 20.08.2015 Investors were shedding their Ukrainian stocks on Wednesday, August 19. The WIG Ukraine Index of Warsaw-traded stocks slid 1.2%, or 2.1% in three straight negative sessions. It was weighed down by its biggest components: grain trader Kernel (KER PW -1.2%) and sugar producer Astarta (AST PW -1.3%), which lost 2.7% and 2.2%, resprectively, in their three consecutive negative sessions. In London, the most actively traded Ukrainian stock, iron ore miner and pellet maker Ferrexpo (FXPO LN), improved 1.1%, or 8.5% in two sessions. The Ukrainian Exchange (UX) Index of Kyiv-traded stocks declined 0.8%, weighed down by Alchevsk Steel (ALMK UK -6.0%) and Ukrnafta (UNAF UK, -3.0%).