KIEV, Oct. 6 - The international reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine increased by $160 million, or 1.2%, in September to $12.77 billion, according to the website of the central bank.

KIEV, Oct. 7 – The largest bank in Ukraine – PrivatBank (Dnipropetrovsk) – has said that the recommendations of the National Bank of Ukraine on the additional capitalization of UAH 8 billion after a stress test is set too high, according to PrivatBank Chairman Oleksandr Dubilet.

KIEV, Oct. 8 – The National Bank of Ukraine and the Finance Ministry have drawn up a draft law on financial restructuring of the debt of companies under bank credits, and the document could apply to the debt of around UAH 200 billion.

KIEV, Oct. 7 - Petrochemical company Karpatnaftokhim LLC (Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region) on October 7 started pre-commissioning work to resume production of suspension polyvinylchloride, the press service of the major stockholder of the company, Lukoil, has said.

KIEV, Oct. 7 - ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region) is planning by the end of the year to open three more warehouses for steel goods in addition to its existing two storage facilities, with the possibility of expanding the range of goods through supplies from other enterprises of the company.

KIEV, Oct. 7 – Consumer prices in Ukraine in September remained stable, and since early 2013 they have fallen by 0.6%, the State Statistics Service reported on Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 7 - Ukraine economic performance through August indicates the formation of the initial signs of recovery, said Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the National Bank governor.

SAO PAULO, Oct. 8 – Apparent steel consumption in Ukraine in 2013 will fall by 7.9% compared with 2012, to 5.8 million tons, Hans Jurgen Kerkhoff, Chairman of the World Steel Association's Economics Committee told Interfax-Ukraine at a press conference as a part of the 47th annual conference held in Sao Paulo on October 7-9.

KIEV, Oct. 8 - As of 2 p.m. on October 7, all technical conditions for the functioning of all state registers were secure, the Justice Ministry reported.

The ministry that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) confirmed the integrity of state registers after checks.

KIEV, Oct. 5 – Four months of deflation at 0.2-0.3% have been replaced by inflation of 0.1% in September, the State Statistics Service reported on Friday.

According to the service, consumer prices in Ukraine have dropped by 0.3% since the beginning of the year, whereas compared with September 2011, they have remained at the same level, i.e. in annual terms, as in the previous month, inflation remains zero.