Business news from Ukraine

Business news from Ukraine

Quotes of interbank currency market of Ukraine (UAH for $1, IN 01.08.2022-31.08.2022)

Quotes of interbank currency market of Ukraine (UAH for $1, IN 01.08.2022-31.08.2022)

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Asia-Pacific stock indices rise steadily following US stock market

The main stock indexes of the Asia-Pacific region (APR) are steadily rising during trading on Tuesday following the US stock market.

American stock indices finished the first trading session of the fourth quarter with a steady growth, the rise of the Dow Jones Industrial Average was the highest since February, amounting to 2.7%.

Mainland China’s stock exchanges are closed for the Founding Day of the People’s Republic of China holidays, Hong Kong’s stock exchanges for the Double Ninth Festival.

The value of the Japanese index Nikkei 225 to 8:27 CSK increased by 2.8%.

Among the components of the index, the growth leaders are Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd. (+8.4%), Itochu Corp. (+7.9%) and Marubeni Corp. (+6.8%).

In addition, the price of securities of investment and technology SoftBank Group (+5.1%), consumer electronics manufacturer Sony (+2.3%), automotive Nissan Motor (+2%) and Toyota Motor (+2.7%) is rising.

The South Korean Kospi index increased by 2.4% by 8:30 am KSK.

Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) in the processing industry of South Korea, calculated by S&P Global, fell to 47.3 points in September from 47.6 points a month earlier. A PMI value above 50 points indicates an increase in activity in the sector, below – its weakening. Thus, activity in the sector has been declining for the third month in a row.

Quotes of securities of one of the world’s largest manufacturers of chips and consumer electronics Samsung Electronics Co. grew by 4%, while automaker Hyundai Motor – by 1.4%.

The Australian S&P/ASX 200 added 3.75%.

Shares of the world’s largest mining companies BHP and Rio Tinto increased by 3.8% and 3.1%, respectively.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) unexpectedly slowed down the pace of key interest rate hikes, noting the deterioration of the global economic outlook.

The rate was raised on Tuesday by 25 basis points (bp) to 2.6%. The vast majority of economists expected it to increase by 50 bp, writes The Wall Street Journal.

The RBA raised the bet by 50 bp. in June, July, August and September, in an effort to slow inflation, which the Central Bank expects to peak by the end of 2022 at around 8%.

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Since the beginning of 2022, investors have withdrawn $70 billion from developing country bond funds

Investors have withdrawn $70 billion from developing country bond funds since the beginning of 2022, according to an analysis by JPMorgan Chase & Co. based on data from EPFR Global.

This is the largest capital outflow since JPMorgan began tracking this data in 2005.

Last week alone, net outflows from emerging markets bond funds amounted to $4.2 billion.

The growth of interest rates in developed countries increases the attractiveness of their assets and reduces interest in less reliable securities of emerging markets, writes the Financial Times newspaper. At the same time, the strengthening of the US currency increases the cost of developing countries to service the dollar debt.

In September, JPMorgan raised its 2022 emerging market bond fund outflow forecast to $80 billion from $55 billion, and the bank’s emerging markets analyst Milo Gunasinghe notes that investor capital outflows are unabated so far.

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Sales of commercial vehicles are growing in Ukraine

Initial registrations of new commercial vehicles in Ukraine (trucks and special vehicles) in September increased by 21% compared to August of this year – up to 613 units, which, however, is 57% less than in September 2021, reports “Ukravtoprom” in the Telegram channel.

“The market for new trucks is reviving,” the association believes.

As reported, in August, registrations of such cars decreased by 15% compared to July 2022 – to 507 units, while in July there was an increase by 38% compared to June 2022 – to 593 units.

Renault remained the market leader in September (171 cars), followed by Mercedes-Benz (83 units), and Citroen third (51 units). This is followed by DAF with 38 cars and VOLVO with 36 registrations.

According to the statistics of the association, in September last year, the top five market leaders included Citroen, Fiat, Renault, Volkswagen and the Belarusian MAZ.

Ukravtoprom informs that a total of 4.9 thousand new commercial vehicles were registered in Ukraine in January-September 2022, which is almost 56% less than in the same period of 2021.

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Number of dead and wounded civilians in Ukraine as a result of military actions from 24.02.2022 according to un data (per)

Number of dead and wounded civilians in Ukraine as a result of military actions from 24.02.2022 according to un data (per)

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PrivatBank and Oschadbank became participants in the new state program of affordable housing “Joselya”

The state-owned banks PrivatBank and Oschadbank (Kyiv) have become participants in the new state program of affordable housing “єOselya”, which has been launched in “Dії” in a test mode, the press services of the banks reported.

According to the report, under this program, bank customers can buy housing with an initial payment of 30% for PrivatBank and 20% for Oschadbank, with loans from 1 to 20 years at 3% per annum.

The military, law enforcement officers, doctors, educators and scientists can become participants in the program this year.

It is indicated that the mass launch of the program will take place in the second half of October, then it will be possible to use the service in the Diya mobile application, and it will be possible to submit an application in a few clicks.

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