July 9th, 2009

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Kommersant: More than 70 banks in danger of losing access to the currency

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

National Bank is willing to complicate the access of banks to work with foreign currency. The regulator issued a draft of amendments to the On the procedure for granting banking licenses to banks, the written authorizations and licenses to perform certain operations, which wants to oblige the banks to carry out currency exchange operations in the box office, points of exchange and agency networks have not only a banking license and written permission NBU, which is a general license to conduct foreign exchange operations.

To obtain permission NBU banks will need to have regulatory capital equivalent to at least 10 million euros (at current official exchange rate - 106.96 million UAH) and the exchange of skilled professionals. These same conditions are provided for currency trading on the Ukrainian and international markets. Thus, the National Bank intends to strengthen monetary control over the work of banks.

Banks with capital less than 10 million euros will not be able to buy and sell currencies. While there are thousands of relatively fair way to do this - said the executive director of the National Bank of Ukraine on Banking Supervision Basil Pasichnyk by refusing to name at least one of them.

initiative of the regulator may extend to one third of the market. According to the National Bank on April 1 in the Ukraine worked 76 banks that own (closest to regulatory) capital that was less than 10 million euros. Bankers shocked proposal NBU.

The National Bank of deliberately creating problems to banks from regulatory capital below 10 million euros, - said President of the Association of Ukrainian Banks Oleksandr Sugonyako .- This is a crime, do not think they will go for it, because it will be the reaction of banks. Click to continue »

August futures price for oil brand Brent younger

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

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Under the influence of negative external background for the bid on Tuesday, July 8, have been actively selling. During the day, showed a serious gap down August futures for Brent crude oil mark on the New York Mercantile Exchange, which reinforces the fall. RTS Index closed 900 points lower at around 893.78 (-3.28%), RTSI_Derex index fell 3.98% to 871.62 points, MICEX index at the end of trading session up 904.58 points (-2.42% ).

On FORTS the movement in the day session down was weaker compared with the spot market, as well as the negative is still time to play in the evening session on Tuesday. Against the backdrop of the active drop in oil prices experienced a significant turnover in the short-dollar futures, grew up on the day at 0.99%. At the evening session, they continued to increase, and the cost for the closure has 32550 rub. /lot. In the fading evening session continued, the major futures quotes stocks fell at an average rate of interest on the futures index fell below the 85,000 mark in p.punkta to a level of 84,540 p.punkta. The July futures on oil brand Brent played rapidly falling prices of oil futures in the West, and at the close of the evening session had already cost $ 60.55 /barrel. Futures on. Sberbank shares with delivery in September at the closing cost below 3600 rub. /lot. In the afternoon session IV showed a significant increase in the September futures options on the shares of Gazprom. In the evening session of the volatility decreased, however, compared to the previous day at the closing values of IV were higher than the national average страйкам at 5-6%. Against the backdrop of falling spot quotations and low volatility of the position of options put on SBRF-9.09 at 32 страйке utyazhelilas at 100000 contracts.

U.S. indexes closed raznonapravleno, the August futures price for oil brand Brent younger. Is expected to open up gepom index at 0,7-1% up.

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The price of gas for Ukrainian enterprises Chimprom 30% higher than that of their competitors in the EU

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

cost of the basic raw material - natural gas for the chemical industry in Ukraine that produce nitrogen fertilizer, in June at 30% higher than that of their competitors in the EU countries, 40% - in North America, and in 2,2 times - Russian nitrogen enterprises.

This is illustrated by the European Chemical Industry Council of prices for the leading producers of nitrogenous fertilizers in Europe and North America.

In particular, the price of natural gas to factories Tertre and La Hawr (France), respectively, 155 and 170 dollars per thousand cubic meters, Zibrug (Belgium) - U.S. $ 162, Skuiskip ( The Netherlands) - 204 dollars, Brunsbüttel (Germany) - U.S. $ 247, Ferrara (Italy) - 267 dollars, Porsgrun (Norway) - 281 USD
In doing so, the cheapest gas in the EU countries are the Romanian fertilizer producers. Average price of natural gas for chemical Romania is 150 per thousand cubic meters. This is almost 50% cheaper than their competitors in Ukraine.

European Chemical Industry Council also leads to compare the cost of gas to other major world producers of nitrogen fertilizers. Click to continue »

Continued reduction in oil quotes and external sites will not allow Russia's bulls to raise the market

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

External background again for the Bears

In Friday trading on the Russian sites have opened in positive territory. Bulls have attempted to correct the previous decline, but they met with a wave of sales, which led the market in negative territory. In mid-day decline in the MICEX Index reached 2%. Closer to the evening market was able to play most of the decline, but to go in the green zone in the index failed. Liquid Paper raznonapravleno closed. Better the market was the banking sector, Sberbank grew by 1.9%, VTB gained 1.7%. The company he was Polyus Gold (1%) and Rosneft (1.25%). At the end of the trading the MICEX index fell by 0.31%, ending the day at 974.07.

In the absence of trades on the American market, our platform of market-oriented energy supply. Quotations futures oil brand Brent, during our session, showed lateral movement above the 66 dollars a barrel. Following the closure of the continued decline in quotations. As a result, today's morning session, futures reached a level of 64.6 $ /barrel, which emerged after the restoration. As a result of 10.00 futures traded at 65.2 U.S..

At the morning session, futures on S P500 index dropped below 900 points and traded at 10 o'clock in the level of 890 points.

Today, we look forward to moderately negative opening. Outside again in the background of the Bears, from which the market after the rally that began in February, otvyk. Regarding the upcoming weeks, we expect that the decline will continue and the MICEX index may test the level of 935 points. The reason for the positive momentum has nevidno. Continued reduction in oil quotes and foreign markets will not allow bulls to raise the market. Possible rebound will be linked primarily to the closing of short positions.

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Putin has created the largest exporter of grain in Russia

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin signed an order establishing the United Grain Company (OZK), which will become the largest exporter of domestic grain. That was reported by RIA Novosti.

OZK will be established on the basis of the state JSC Agency for the Management of the food market (OJSC APR), which are 100 percent is in federal ownership. Prior to November 1, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry is mandated to develop a strategy for development OZK in the years 2009-2012

In 2008, the Ministry of Agriculture proposes to transfer the balance APR 28 shares of companies with gosuchastiem, including Novorossiisk bakery and six elevators. In summer 2008, the value of these assets was estimated at 300-400 million dollars. Click to continue »