KIEV, July 22 – The loss of operating banks in Ukraine totaled UAH 9.2 billion in H1, which is 67% down year-over-year, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KIEV, July 22 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny did not import natural gas to the country in Q2, the state holding reported.

The holding confirmed it had resumed gas purchases from European suppliers usings its own funds in July.

KIEV, July 22 - Industrial production in Ukraine in June 2016 decreased by 3.4% compared to the same month of 2015, while in May it grew by 0.2%, in April it rose by 3.5% and in March by 4.8%, the State Statistics Service said.

KIEV, July 22 - Ukrgazvydobuvannia plans in 2016 to buy UAH 761 million of special equipment as that available on the balance sheet is 90% outdated, the company announced.

KIEV/WASHINGTON, July 22 - The technical mission of the International Monetary Fund has recommended that the National Commission on Securities and the Stock Market of Ukraine bring requirements in the field of information disclosure to international standards.

KIEV, July 25 – The share of stocks of the total assets of insurance companies' investment portfolios decreased by 34% in 2015, to UAH 11.9 billion from UAH 18 billion and by 25.2% in the first quarter of 2016, to UAH 8.9 billion, Ukraine's national commission for financial service markets regulation reported.

KIEV, July 24 - Wheat exports from Ukraine in the 2013/2014 marketing year (MY) are to grow by 14.3%, to 8 million tons amid a 29.7% rise in the total yield, to 20.5 million tons.

KIEV, July 24 – The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has proposed the extension of fuel quality standards that meet the requirements of Euro-3 only to diesel fuel.

KIEV, July 24 – Antonov State Enterprise is to pass to Cubana de Aviacion, Cuba's largest airline, a second new An-158, a new generation 99-seat regional passenger jet, which was constructed in Kiev as part of the fulfillment of a contract with Russia's Ilyushin Finance Co.

KIEV, July 25 - Consumer sentiment of Ukrainians, after falling in May by 3.2 points, in June worsened by 0.5 points, to 82.7, according to a monthly survey by GfK Ukraine.