KIEV, Oct. 2 – The 83.56% rise in the PFTS index of the Ukrainian Stock Exchange in January-September 2009, to 553.29, placed it second in the world in terms of growth over the period.

"The upward trend of the Ukrainian stock market, which has been seen from the middle of Q2, was reinforced on the last day of September, when the index reached an annual maximum of 553.29 basic notches. Thus, the Ukrainian stock market reached second position in the world after Russia, where the MICEX index grew by 93.24%," the PFTS's president, Iryna Zaria, said at a press conference on Thursday.