Daily Insight-Hryvnia rangebound, stocks mixed, new loan data indicate volume down MoM, but up slightly YOY

On Friday, the hryvnia remained rangebound on the Ukrainian FX market, according to UkrDealing, with trading on the foreign-exchange market opening at 7.96-7.98/USD, the same rate as of Thursday\'s close, and closing at the same rate, with the strongest point reached during the day of 7.9302-7.9825/USD. The NBU kept its official exchange rate unchanged, at 7.99/USD for Friday, and for the fourth day in a row bought dollars in the FX market at a rate of 7.98/USD. The hryvnia stayed nearly unchanged on the cash FX market, at 7.9534/USD on bid offers at the domestic interchange stations, and 8.0225/USD on ask offers. Ukraine\'s stock markets moved in different directions on Friday, with the PFTS index moving down 0.26%, to end the day at 705.00 points, and the UX stock exchange rising 0.77%, to 1,797.63 points. Total turnover on the PFTS was US$13.4m (UAH107.2m), which comprised equity trading (13.13% of the total), investment certificates (0.12%), state bonds (86.63%), and corporate bonds (0.13%). The total amount of securities traded on the UX stock exchange was slightly higher than Thursday, at US$2.88m (UAH23m).