Yesterday, the index of stock prices at the auctions PFTS Stock Exchange rose by 15.36 points or 5.81% to 279.88 points. The optimism of investors connected with the discussion of the second tranche of the loan from the IMF. On Thursday, optimism on world markets pushed the index PFTS on 5,8% up to 279.88 points. Height receive more than on world markets - U.S. indexes at the close of the PFTS rose by 2,5%, European - 2%. Grew well and the volume of shares traded on the PFTS - 58% to the medium to 4,4 million UAH. "One of the shocks to the growth of quotations and trading volume was the resumption of the IMF mission

in Ukraine", - considers financial analyst Astrum IM Alexander Shkurpat. Experts believe that further upward movement of the index in question, because, first, the celebration of Easter may lead to lower market activity, and secondly, the tranche is still awaited. Also, analysts doubt the possibility of obtaining simultaneously two tranches of the loan from the IMF. According Tochka. Net, positives for Europe have data on industrial production in Germany, which fell in February to 2.9% with projections fall by 3%. Positive proved statistics from the U.S.: foreign trade deficit fell in February by 28% (up to $ 26 billion), while applications for unemployment benefits last week fell by 20 thousand