PFTS sees UAH 3 mln pretax profit in 2013 compared with loss a year ago
Kyiv, January 31 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Public joint-stock company PFTS Stock Exchange (Kyiv) in 2013 saw UAH 3 million in pretax profits, compared with a UAH 3.101 million loss a year ago, Stock Exchange Board Chairman Ihor Seletsky said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.
He said that the primary placement and listing of securities, fees for services and provision of information services made the dominating contribution to the profit.
"This is a record profit not only for the whole history of PFTS, but maybe for the whole history of the Ukrainian stock market," he said.
The PFTS Stock Exchange was founded in 1997. The exchange is one of the largest exchanges in turnover in Ukraine. Its turnover in 2013 came to UAH 112.975 billion. The lion's share of trading was the share of government domestic loan bonds (UAH 68.56 billion). Deals with corporate bonds brought over UAH 28 billion, deals with shares UAH 13.7 million and deals with other financial instruments almost UAH 2.7 million.