Market comment

Обзоры рынка 15.05.2013 Stock market highs in the U.S., Japan and Europe failed to inspire Ukrainian equities in trading on Tuesday, May 14. The WIG Ukraine Index of Warsaw-traded stocks fell 0.4%, weighed down by the plummeting shares of farmer and food-producer Agroton (AGT PW -2.3%), which have lost 21.1% of their value in seven straight losing sessions. Coal Energy (CLE PW -0.2%) has fallen 13.5% in four straight losing sessions and KSG Agro (KSG PW -0.6%) has lost 8.4% in four straight declining sessions. In London, poultry producer MHP (MHPC LI -2.1%) slid 4.5% in two sessions while the shares of mining firm Ferrexpo (FXPO LN -1.4%) are down 4.1% in three sessions. In Kyiv, the Ukrainian Exchange (UX) Index dropped 0.5%, led by oil producer Ukrnafta (UNAF UK -1.3%).