KIEV, Sept. 21 – Stock market participants have asked President Viktor Yanukovych to veto a law on the depository system of Ukraine passed on July 6 by Parliament, and return it to Parliament with a proposal to exclude requirements that hinder the development of the financial market and violate the rights of market players.

"We believe that it is better not to create an artificial monopoly on the payment and clearing service market [a clearing center] and grant equal opportunities to clearing institutions to access the electronic payment system of the National Bank of Ukraine [NBU]," reads an open letter of market players and investors published by at a press conference in Kiev organized by the Ukrainian Exchange.