Analysts from Concorde Capital, ICU and state-owned Oschadbank, as well as expert Eric Naiman, interviewed byInterfax-Ukraine, said that the sharp rise in prices for Ukrainian stocks and Eurobonds on Thursday of this week was due to speculative demand amid news of a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.
“There was speculative demand for Ukrainian assets – Eurobonds and stocks – in the hope of an early truce. The very fact of its signing (if and when it happens) is likely to be the peak of prices,” commented Nayman.
Oleksandr Parashchiy, head of the analytical department at Concorde Capital, said that the situation with the active growth of Ukrainian asset prices “looks like a misunderstanding”.
“Obviously, they are buying up everything Ukrainian amid speculation about an imminent peace. The funniest (or saddest) thing is that since the beginning of the year, shares of companies whose assets are entirely located in Luhansk and Donetsk regions have grown the most: “Agroton – +51%, Coal Energy – 57%,” he said.
Sergiy Shvets, Head of the Investment Department of Oschadbank, noted that in general, Ukrainian companies demonstrate good financial results, which is reflected in revenue growth. The expert believes that the upward trend in prices is natural.
“However, I don’t see any reason for a sharp rise in stocks this week. Except, perhaps, for optimistic expectations of a super quick end to the war,” Shvets concluded.
Vitaliy Sivach, a trader at ICU Group, also attributed this week’s rise in Ukrainian stocks on the Warsaw Stock Exchange to the growing likelihood of a peace agreement with Russia, which the market took as a signal.
“If a peace deal is indeed reached, it will be a powerful catalyst for all Ukrainian assets. We are already seeing a rally in sovereign bonds, as the market has been expecting this scenario for a long time – since Trump was elected president. As a result, Ukrainian assets have been growing for three months in a row,” Sivach comments.
He assesses the probability of the deal as high and believes that if it happens, Ukrainian stocks will rise under the influence of several factors: increased company revenues and revised market valuations.
“First, the discount due to military risks will disappear. Secondly, growing revenues will allow the market to pay a premium for such assets. That is why we are now witnessing active growth, and in a favorable scenario, WIG-Ukraine can easily rise to 600 points. If everything calms down on the battlefield, everything will depend on the developments after the elections, but 600 points is far from the ceiling,” Sivach said.
For his part, ICU financial analyst Mykhailo Demkiv noted the rise in prices for Ukrainian Eurobonds based on the news of possible peace talks.
“Their value has been rising over the past 3 days in the range of 4.5-8%, as investors see the end of the hot phase of the war as increasingly likely,” he emphasized.
The WIG-Ukraine index of Ukrainian stocks on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) jumped by 19.6% on Thursday and added another 1.75% on Friday to 439.27 points. The growth on Friday was driven by a rise in the price of IMC and Astarta Holding shares by 2.86% and 0.71%, respectively, as the share of these companies in the index is 43.965% and 35.393%, respectively.
Meanwhile, shares of Ferrexpo and MHP on the London Stock Exchange on Friday rose by another 9.43% and 1.49%, respectively.
At the same time, Ukrainian sovereign bonds, after rising on the previous days, corrected in price by 0.52-0.98% on Friday.
Ukraine has mineral resources, but “this does not mean that we give them away to anyone, even to strategic partners,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.
“We have mineral resources. This does not mean that we give them away to anyone, even to strategic partners. It is about partnership. Invest money. Invest. Let’s develop this together and make money. And the main thing is the security of the Western world, the European continent. That all this will not go to these thieves – Russia plus their allies,” Zelensky said in an interview with Reuters, which was posted on the telegram channel.
According to the president, Russia has seized less than 20% of Ukraine’s mineral resources.
“If we assume that about 20% of our land has been seized, they certainly have not seized 20% of our mineral resources. So far, it is less,” the President said.
At the same time, he emphasized that the rest of Ukraine’s resources are in dire need of protection: “We need to stop Putin and protect what we have.”
“A lot in Dnipro region, a lot in central Ukraine and in the west. Unfortunately, we lost coal, but I know that they also lost a lot there, because they did not know what to do with the mines, they flooded many of them,” Zelensky added.
On Sunday, February 9, in Ukraine without precipitation, the roads in the northern, eastern and most central regions are icy in places, reports Ukrhydrometcenter. The wind is northeastern, in western regions southeastern, 5-10 m/s, in Azov region gusts of 15-20 m/s in some places.
The temperature at night 6-11° frost, in the daytime 1-6° frost. In western and southern regions from 2° of frost to 3° of heat, in Transcarpathia 3-8° of heat.
In Kiev, no precipitation, northeast wind, 5-10 m/s. The temperature at night 7-9° frost, during the day 3-5° frost.
As reported by the Central Geophysical Observatory named after. Borys Sreznevsky, the highest daytime temperature on February 9 in Kiev was recorded in 1990 and amounted to 8.3° of heat, the lowest at night – 32.2° below zero in 1929.
On Monday, February 10, in Ukraine without precipitation. On the roads, except for most of the western and southern regions, in some places icy.
The wind is predominantly northeasterly, 3-8 m/s.
The temperature at night is 6-11° of frost. During the day 1-6° frost, in western and southern regions from 3° frost to 2° warm, in Transcarpathia 2-7° warm.
In Kiev, no precipitation, northeast wind, 3-8 m/s. The temperature at night 7-9° frost, during the day 3-5° frost.
German industrial production in December 2024 fell by 2.4% from the previous month, the country’s statistical office said. Analysts on average expected a decline of 0.6%, according to Trading Economics.
The dynamics of the indicator became the worst since July last year. According to the revised data, industrial production increased by 1.3% in November, not 1.5%, as previously announced.
The decline in industrial production in December was largely due to a 10% drop in automobile production. Meanwhile, output of pharmaceuticals jumped 11.6%.
The output of capital goods fell 4.7%, intermediate goods fell 3.3%, and consumer goods production rose 0.9%. Construction output remained at the same level as the previous month.
On an annualized basis, German industrial production fell 3.1% in December. For the full year 2024, German industrial production fell by 4.5%.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the government will soon launch contracts for the recruitment of 18-24 year olds into the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“Next week, the government intends to launch lucrative recruitment contracts to attract young people aged 18-24 – up to draft age – to the Armed Forces to help eliminate labor shortages,” he told Reuters.
However, Zelensky declined to say how many men are expected to sign up.
As reported, the special representative of US President-elect Donald Trump, Mike Volz, believes that to stabilize the front in Ukraine it is necessary to lower the mobilization age, which would allow to call into the army “hundreds of thousands of new soldiers”.
Earlier, Zelensky commented on the discussion on lowering the mobilization age in Ukraine, pointing to the understaffing of Ukrainian brigades and the lack of weapons.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed ambassadors to the Republic of Moldova and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay.
The relevant decrees No. 77/2025 and No. 78/2025 were published on the President’s website.
Thus, Paun Rogovei was appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Moldova.
At the same time, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Argentine Republic Yurii Klymenko was appointed ambassador to the Eastern Republic of Uruguay with concurrent appointment.
In addition, the President appointed Ambassador to Hungary Fedir Shandor as Ukraine’s representative to the Danube Commission on a part-time basis. By Decree No. 75/2025, the President dismissed Lyubov Nepop from this position.
