The PFTS Stock Exchange is a leading
stock exchange
A stock exchange, securities exchange, or bourse is an exchange where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock, bonds and other financial instruments. Stock exchanges may also provide facilities for th ...
in Ukraine that for a long time (until 2006) legally was considered as a
trading system, hence its name the First Stock Trading System (PFTS).
The trading occurs on working days between 10:00 and 17:15
Kyiv time (
UTC+2). The
PFTS index
PFTS index is a benchmark index of PFTS Ukraine Stock Exchange, Ukraine's leading bourse. Beside PFTS Index, there are also the UX Index of the Ukrainian Exchange and the Ukrainian Average Index 50 (UAI-50) being composed by analysts of i ...
is calculated based on the results of the trading. Daily trade volume is about $30–60 million. Approximately 220 companies are listed on the PFTS, with a total market capitalization around $140 billion. For comparison, United States
New York Stock Exchange capitalization is worth $25 trillion.
The PFTS Stock Trading System has been in operation since 1996 and currently is the largest marketplace and self-regulatory organization in Ukraine’s stock market.
Originally it was the Association of the professional participants of the Ukraine stock market ''«Outside of Stock Exchange Share Trade System»'' ( uk, Позабіржова Фондова Торговельна Система, ПФТС), registered at the end of 1995. In September, 1998 the name ''«First Stock Trade System»'' ( uk, Перша Фондова Торговельна Система, ПФТС, PFTS) was accepted, effectively keeping the Ukrainian abbreviation of the name ''PFTS'' unchanged.
Members of the Stock Exchange accounted for over 150 companies in 2010, headquarters of most of them located in Kyiv. The Stock exchange list accounts for nearly 800 entities with eleven of them classified under the first level of listing, 143 - the second level of listing, and the rest have assigned zero level of listing.
The most expensive
securities was issued by Agra LLC (ЗАТ "Агра") based in
Dnipro
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
. Its 13
bonds nominated at ₴770 000 in 2010. Swedbank has the most securities with 215,910,025,800
shares nominated at ₴0.01.
See also
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PFTS index
PFTS index is a benchmark index of PFTS Ukraine Stock Exchange, Ukraine's leading bourse. Beside PFTS Index, there are also the UX Index of the Ukrainian Exchange and the Ukrainian Average Index 50 (UAI-50) being composed by analysts of i ...
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Ukrainian Exchange
The Ukrainian Exchange (; ) was founded in 15th of May, 2008 and its operation premises are situated at 7g, Tropinina Street, Kyiv.
The Exchange is one of the largest stock exchanges in Ukraine. The exchange is located in Kyiv, Ukraine's capi ...
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Stock exchanges in Ukraine Stock exchanges in Ukraine are stock exchanges based in Ukraine. Stock exchanges really surfaced by the end of the 1990s, but it was not until the Orange Revolution when stock market in Ukraine showed a noticeable growth. , a number of stock exchang ...
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