KIEV, June 9 – Ukrainian companies are not ready for a new jump in the prices of imported gas, as they are yet to cope with the last considerable rise in gas expenses, according to experts of investment companies polled by Interfax-Ukraine.

"The impact would be negative, of course. The market is not ready to such a jump," said an analyst of Kiev-based Foyil Securities Investment Company, Ismail Safaraliev.